Tennessee § 29-14-107 - Parties to proceedings.

§ 29-14-107. Parties to proceedings.

When declaratory relief is sought, all persons shall be made parties who have or claim any interest which would be affected by the declaration, and no declaration shall prejudice the rights of persons not parties to the proceedings. In any proceeding which involves the validity of a municipal ordinance or franchise, such municipality shall be made a party, and shall be entitled to be heard, and if the statute, ordinance, or franchise is of statewide effect and is alleged to be unconstitutional, the attorney general and reporter shall also be served with a copy of the proceeding and be entitled to be heard. Acts 1923, ch. 29, § 11; Shan. Supp., § 4726a11; Code 1932, § 8845; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 8845; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1107. Cross-References. Notice to attorney general when statute, rule or regulation is questioned, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 24.04. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 549, 553. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 385, 696. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 16 Tenn. Juris., Judgments and Decrees, § 95. Law Reviews. Actions — Necessary Parties for Declaratory Judgment, 16 Tenn. L. Rev. 877. A Survey of Civil Procedure in Tennessee — 1977, IV. Pretrial Procedure (John L. Sobieski, Jr.), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 308. Disqualification of Clergy for Civil Office (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 7 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 555. The Procedural Details of the Proposed Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure, VI. Hearing of Appeals (John L. Sobieski, Jr.), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 86. Cited: Buena Vista Special School Dist. v. Board of Election Comm'rs, 173 Tenn. 198, 116 S.W.2d 1008, 1938 Tenn. LEXIS 8 (1938); Hastings v. United States, 133 F.2d 218, 1943 U.S. App. LEXIS 3792 (6th Cir. Tenn. 1943); Ketner v. Clabo, 189 Tenn. 260, 225 S.W.2d 54, 1949 Tenn. LEXIS 423 (1949); Campbell v. Unicoi County, 209 Tenn. 689, 356 S.W.2d 264, 1962 Tenn. LEXIS 405 (1962); Engert v. Peerless Ins. Co., 53 Tenn. App. 310, 382 S.W.2d 541, 1964 Tenn. App. LEXIS 105 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1964); Hyden v. Baker, 286 F. Supp. 475, 1968 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11542 (M.D. Tenn. 1968); Paty v. McDaniel, 547 S.W.2d 897, 1977 Tenn. LEXIS 568 (Tenn. 1977); Bucksnort Oil Co. v. National Convenience Stores, Inc., 585 F. Supp. 883, 1984 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18085 (M.D. Tenn. 1984); State v. Chastain, 871 S.W.2d 661, 1994 Tenn. LEXIS 26 (Tenn. 1994); Oldham v. American Civil Liberties Union Found., 910 S.W.2d 431, 1995 Tenn. App. LEXIS 327 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995); Bowden Bldg. Corp. v. Tennessee Real Estate Comm'n, 15 S.W.3d 434, 1999 Tenn. App. LEXIS 487 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999); In re Adoption of E.N.R., 42 S.W.3d 26, 2001 Tenn. LEXIS 287 (Tenn. 2001); Miltier v. Bank of Am., N.A., — S.W.3d —, 2011 Tenn. App. LEXIS 152 (Tenn. Ct. App. Mar. 30, 2011).