Tennessee § 29-16-104 - Petition.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-16-104 — Petition., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 29-16-104. Petition.
The person seeking to appropriate such land shall file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which the land lies, setting forth, in substance: The parcel of land or rights therein or incident thereto a portion of which is wanted, and the extent wanted; The name of the owner of such land or rights, or, if unknown, stating the fact; The object for which the land, etc., is wanted; and A prayer that a suitable portion of land or rights may be decreed to the petitioner, and set apart by metes and bounds, or other proper mode. Code 1858, § 1326; Shan., § 1845; mod. Code 1932, § 3110; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1404. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 10 Tenn. Juris., Eminent Domain, §§ 44, 47. Law Reviews. Civil Procedure and Evidence — Tennessee Survey 1970 (Jerry J. Phillips), 38 Tenn. L. Rev. 127. Federal and State Condemnation Proceedings — Procedure and Statutory Background (William E. Miller), 14 Vand. L. Rev. 1085. Real Property — Eminent Domain — Reversion Upon Misuse or Nonuse of Land by Condemning Authority, 36 Tenn. L. Rev. 71. The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. LeClercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241. Cited: Meighan v. U.S. Sprint Communs. Co., 924 S.W.2d 632, 1996 Tenn. LEXIS 264 (Tenn. 1996); Brandy Hills Estates, LLC v. Reeves, 237 S.W.3d 307, 2006 Tenn. App. LEXIS 794 (Tenn. Ct. App. Dec. 15, 2006).
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What does Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-16-104 cover?
Section 29-16-104 ("Petition.") 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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