Tennessee § 29-15-123 - Improvements setoff.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-15-123 — Improvements setoff., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 29-15-123. Improvements setoff.
Persons holding possession in good faith, under color of title, are entitled to have the value of their permanent improvements setoff against the rents and profits which the plaintiff may recover. Code 1858, § 3261 (deriv. Acts 1813, ch. 24, §§ 1, 2; 1827, ch. 46); Shan., § 5009; Code 1932, § 9157; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1330. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 10 Tenn. Juris., Ejectment, § 34. Law Reviews. Improvements — Mistake as to Boundary, 17 Tenn. L. Rev. 878. The Law of Fixtures in Tennessee — A Consideration of the Common Law and Fixture — Related Provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code (Jack E. Gervin, Jr.), 42 Tenn. L. Rev. 354. Cited: Collins v. Michigan Commercial Underwriters, 6 Tenn. App. 528, — S.W.2d —, 1928 Tenn. App. LEXIS 192 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1928); Hunt v. Liles, 35 Tenn. App. 173, 243 S.W.2d 149, 1950 Tenn. App. LEXIS 132 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1950).
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Section 29-15-123 ("Improvements setoff.") 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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