A search warrant can only be issued on probable cause, supported by affidavit, naming or describing the person, and particularly describing the property, and the place to be searched.
Code 1858, § 5319; Shan., § 7297; Code 1932, § 11899; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-503.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 16 Tenn. Juris., Intoxicating Liquors, §§ 22, 27, 28; 22 Tenn. Juris., Searches and Seizures, § 5.
Law Reviews.
Search and Seizure — Sufficiency of Description in Warrant for Search of Automobile, 34 Tenn. L. Rev. 525.