Tennessee § 20-12-112 - Jurisdictional defects — Irregular transfer.
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§ 20-12-112. Jurisdictional defects — Irregular transfer.
Where a suit is dismissed from any court for want of jurisdiction or because it has not been regularly transferred from an inferior to a superior court, the costs shall be adjudged against the party attempting to institute or bring up the cause. Code 1858, § 3215 (deriv. Acts 1832, ch. 5); Shan., § 4957; Code 1932, § 9110; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1612. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Costs, § 28. Cited: O'Neill v. Parks, — S.W.3d —, 2008 Tenn. App. LEXIS 568 (Tenn. Ct. App. Sept. 29, 2008).
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Section 20-12-112 ("Jurisdictional defects — Irregular transfer.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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