No person shall enter upon any lands, tenements, or other possessions, and detain or hold the same, but where entry is given by law, and then only in a peaceable manner.
Code 1858, § 3341 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, § 1); Shan., § 5090; Code 1932, § 9244; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1601.
Cross-References. Dispossession of tenant from dwelling unfit for habitation because of complaint prohibited, §68-111-105.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 686.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 13 Tenn. Juris., Forcible Entry and Detainer, § 18.
Law Reviews.
An Exegesis of the Ejectment Statutes of Tennessee (R.D. Cox), 18 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 581 (1988).
An Overview of the Tennessee Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, 7 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 109.
Right to a Jury Trial in Forcible Entry and Detainer Actions in General Sessions Courts in Tennessee (Robert Larry Brown), 6 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 59.
The Indigent Tenant in Tennessee — IV. Constructive and Partial Constructive Eviction (William E. Caldwell), 1 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 117.
Comparative Legislation. Forcible entry and detainer:
Ala. Code §6-6-310 et seq.
Ark. Code §18-60-301 et seq.
Ga. O.C.G.A. §42-6-1 et seq.
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 383.200 et seq.
Miss. Code Ann. §11-25-1 et seq.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 534.010 et seq.
Va. Code § 8.01-124 et seq.
Cited: Perry v. Royal Arms Apartments, 729 F.2d 1081, 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 24316 (6th Cir. Tenn. 1984); In re Talley, 69 B.R. 219, 1986 Bankr. LEXIS 4788 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1986).