The suit is brought by bill in equity, filed in either the circuit or chancery court of the county in which the office is usurped or held, or the corporation or supposed corporation holds its meetings or has its principal place of business.
Code 1858, § 3411 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 55, § 5); Shan., § 5167; Code 1932, § 9338; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2811.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 121, 507.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 7 Tenn. Juris., Corporations, § 91; 21 Tenn. Juris., Quo Warranto, § 4.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.
Cited: Tennessee ex rel. Atchley v. Taylor, 169 F.2d 626, 1948 U.S. App. LEXIS 3399 (6th Cir. Ohio 1948); Smyrna v. Ridley, 730 S.W.2d 318, 1987 Tenn. LEXIS 905 (Tenn. 1987); State Ex Rel. Tommye Maddox Working, 216 S.W.3d 758, 2006 Tenn. App. LEXIS 535 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 8, 2006); Jordan v. Knox County, 213 S.W.3d 751, 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 26 (Tenn. 2007).