The suit is brought by the attorney general for the district or county, when directed so to do by the general assembly, or by the governor and attorney general of the state concurring.
Code 1858, § 3412 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 55, § 5); Shan., § 5168; Code 1932, § 9339; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2809.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 507.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Attorney General, § 4; 7 Tenn. Juris., Corporations, §§ 91, 98, 114.
Law Reviews.
Charitable Bequests: Delegating Discretion to Choose the Objects of the Testator's Beneficence (Denise Coffrey), 44 Tenn. L. Rev. (2) 307.