On the return day of the alternative writ, or on such further day as the court may allow, the party on whom the writ has been served may show cause by a sworn answer, and issue may be made thereon, and tried accordingly.
Code 1858, § 3570; Shan., § 5334; Code 1932, § 9494; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2006.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 510.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 18 Tenn. Juris., Mandamus, § 25.
Cited: Hillhaven Corp. v. State, 565 S.W.2d 210, 1978 Tenn. LEXIS 545 (Tenn. 1978).