Tennessee § 21-1-107 - Incompetency of chancellor on vacation matters.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 21-1-107 — Incompetency of chancellor on vacation matters., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21-1-107. Incompetency of chancellor on vacation matters.
In all cases in which the chancellor of the division in which any cause is pending is incompetent, the chancellor of any adjoining division has the same power, in vacation, to make all such orders and decrees, issue all such process, and dissolve, restore or modify injunctions, to appoint receivers, and do and perform any other duty that may be performed by the chancellor of the division, as provided by this part, but notice of the application shall be the same as to time and place as is prescribed for taking depositions. The party making the application shall state, by affidavit, that the chancellor is incompetent. Acts 1870-1871, ch. 31, §§ 1, 2; Shan., §§ 6227, 6228; Code 1932, §§ 10496, 10497; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-1107. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 625. Collateral References. Power of successor or substituted master or referee to render decision or enter judgment on testimony heard by predecessor. 70 A.L.R.3d 1079.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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