The debtor, permitted by the purchaser to remain in possession, shall not be liable for rent from the date of the sale to the time of the redemption; and if the purchaser or the purchaser's assignee takes possession under the purchase, upon redemption by the debtor, the debtor shall have a credit for the fair rent of the premises during the time they were in the purchaser's possession.
Code 1858, § 2135 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 121); Shan., § 3822; Code 1932, § 7747; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-812.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 476.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 12 Tenn. Juris., Executions, § 48; 21 Tenn. Juris., Redemption of Real Estate Sold for Debt, § 33.