The petition may be filed in the court of the county in which the land, or any part of it lies, or in which the defendant resides. If all the claimants join in the petition, or assent to the partition, it may be filed in any county in the state, whether any of the land lies therein or not.
Code 1858, §§ 3268, 3269 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 22, § 1); Shan., § 5016, 5017; Code 1932, §§ 9171, 9172; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2107.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 121.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 20 Tenn. Juris., Partition, § 6.
Law Reviews.
Pleadings, Motions and Pre-Trial Procedure, 4 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 219.
The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.
Venue — Localizing Transitory Actions in Tennessee Civil Proceedings, 35 Tenn. L. Rev. 520.