Tennessee § 16-15-802 - Compromise after appeal.
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§ 16-15-802. Compromise after appeal.
Where an appeal has been prayed and obtained from a judgment of a general sessions court, if the plaintiff and defendant compromise the case before the papers have been returned to the court to which the appeal was taken, and file with the general sessions court a written notice of the fact, signed by both parties, the general sessions court shall issue execution on the judgment, as if no appeal had been taken. Code 1858, § 3072 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 33, § 5); Shan., § 4799; Code 1932, § 8930; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 19-603; Acts 1993, ch. 241, § 53; T.C.A., § 19-3-102 .
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