Where the action is to recover specific personal property, if the party seeks to recover the possession only at the end of the suit, the party may bring detinue.
Code 1858, § 2749; Shan., § 4440; Code 1932, § 8566; Acts 1973, ch. 365, § 12(a); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2301.
Cross-References. One form of action, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 2.
Replevy of attached property, §§29-6-149,29-6-150,29-6-151,29-6-152,29-6-153,29-6-154,29-6-155,29-6-156.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 483.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Recovery of Personal Property, §§ 1, 23.
Law Reviews.
Attorney v. Client: Lien Rights and Remedies in Tennessee (Margret H. Tucker), 7 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 435.
Pleading — General Issue — Scope in Tennessee, 5 Vand. L. Rev. 256.
Remedies Under the Tennessee Commercial Code (John A. Walker, Jr.), 30 Vand. L. Rev. 1197.
Replevin and Non-Judicial Repossession in Light of, Fuentes v. Shevin, 3 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 125.
Replevin — Prior Notice and Hearing — Due Process, 40 Tenn. L. Rev. 125.
The Constitutionality of Prejudgment Seizure of Property Under Tennessee Law (Roger W. Dickson), 38 Tenn. L. Rev. 575.
Cited: Patton v. Beech, 2 Tenn. App. 437, — S.W. —, 1926 Tenn. App. LEXIS 42 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1926).