If the answer deny any material facts stated in the petition, the court may determine the issues upon evidence, or cause them to be submitted to a jury.
Code 1858, § 3572 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 51, § 4); Shan., § 5336; Code 1932, § 9496; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2007.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 510.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 18 Tenn. Juris., Mandamus, § 25.
Law Reviews.
Judicial Review and the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act (Toxey H. Sewell), 6 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 253.