Jurisdiction of Courts

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  2. Tennessee Code
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  6. Jurisdiction of Courts

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  1. The county, circuit, or chancery courts have concurrent jurisdiction of partition cases under this chapter, by bill or petition.
  2. Nothing in this chapter shall deprive the chancery court of the jurisdiction rightfully belonging to that court over the subject of partition and sales of realty for the purposes of division.

Code 1858, §§ 3266, 3267 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 20, § 1; 1849-1850, ch. 185, § 1; 1851-1852, ch. 92, § 1); Shan., §§ 5014, 5015; Code 1932, §§ 9169, 9170; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 23-2106.

Cross-References. Jurisdiction of courts, §§16-10-106,16-11-111,16-16-107,16-16-108.

Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 484.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, §§ 56, 124; 11 Tenn. Juris., Equity, § 100; 18 Tenn. Juris., Minors, § 28; 20 Tenn. Juris., Partition, §§ 6, 8.

Law Reviews.

The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.

Cited: Vanhooser v. Cunningham, 24 Tenn. App. 480, 146 S.W.2d 840, 1940 Tenn. App. LEXIS 55 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1940); Summers v. Conger, 43 Tenn. App. 286, 307 S.W.2d 936, 1957 Tenn. App. LEXIS 116 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1957); Edminston Corp. v. Carpenter, 540 S.W.2d 260, 1976 Tenn. App. LEXIS 243 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1976).


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