The defendant in the writ shall notify any third person claiming title to or interest in the matter in controversy, and such third person may, upon application, be made a defendant, and permitted to file an answer, upon giving security for costs.
Code 1858, § 3571 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 51, § 3); Shan., § 5335; Code 1932, § 9495; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2004.
Cross-References. Intervention, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 24.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 510.
Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 1-24.02-1.