A forcible detainer is where a person enters lawfully or peaceably, and holds unlawfully, and by any of the means enumerated in §29-18-102 as constituting a forcible entry.
Code 1858, § 3343 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, § 3); Shan., § 5092; Code 1932, § 9246; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1603.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 686.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 13 Tenn. Juris., Forcible Entry and Detainer, §§ 2-4.
Cited: Newport Housing Authority v. Ballard, 839 S.W.2d 86, 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 567 (Tenn. 1992); Self Help Ventures Fund v. Robilio, — S.W.3d —, 2010 Tenn. App. LEXIS 372 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 1, 2010).