Tennessee § 29-15-102 - Right to ejectment.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-15-102 — Right to ejectment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 29-15-102. Right to ejectment.
Any person having a valid subsisting legal interest in real property, and a right to the immediate possession thereof, may recover the same by an action of ejectment. Code 1858, § 3229; Shan., § 4970; Code 1932, § 9118; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1302. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 81, 479. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 686. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 198; 10 Tenn. Juris., Ejectment, §§ 4, 10, 14, 30. Law Reviews. Mortgages — Taxation of Mortgagor's and Mortgagee's Interest, 20 Tenn. L. Rev. 280. Tennessee and the Installment Land Contract: A Viable Alternative to the Deed of Trust, 21 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 551 (1991). Cited: Pan-Am Southern Corp. v. Cummins, 156 F. Supp. 673, 1957 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2844 (D. Tenn. 1957); In re Twinton Properties Partnership, 44 B.R. 426, 1984 Bankr. LEXIS 4720 (Bankr. M.D. Tenn. 1984); Johnson v. Mt. Pleasant, 713 S.W.2d 659, 1985 Tenn. App. LEXIS 3299 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1985); Newport Housing Authority v. Ballard, 839 S.W.2d 86, 1992 Tenn. LEXIS 567 (Tenn. 1992).
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What does Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-15-102 cover?
Section 29-15-102 ("Right to ejectment.") 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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