Tennessee § 29-4-101 - Agreement to submit — Court to which submitted.
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§ 29-4-101. Agreement to submit — Court to which submitted.
The same parties who are entitled to enter into an agreement of submission to arbitration, and including contestants' titles to real property, may, in like manner, with or without action brought, agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends, and submit the same to the circuit or chancery court of the county in which either of the parties resides, or in which a suit might have been brought to determine such controversy. Code 1858, § 3450 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173, § 5); Shan., § 5206; mod. Code 1932, § 9383; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-401. Cross-References. Jurisdiction of courts, §§ 16-10-105 , 16-11-112 . Parties entitled to arbitrate, § 29-5-103 . Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 8. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Agreed Case, § 1. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 189. The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281. Comparative Legislation. Agreed cases: Ark. Code § 16-118-101 . Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 418.020 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 512.120. Cited: Galloway v. Memphis, 116 Tenn. 736, 94 S.W. 75, 1906 Tenn. LEXIS 25 (1906); Knoxville v. Gass, 119 Tenn. 438, 104 S.W. 1084, 1907 Tenn. LEXIS 16, 14 L.R.A. (n.s.) 519 (1907); Moyers v. Memphis, 135 Tenn. 263, 186 S.W. 105, 1916 Tenn. LEXIS 26 (1916); Industrial Credit Co. v. Beckham, 206 Tenn. 331, 333 S.W.2d 563, 1960 Tenn. LEXIS 369 (1960).
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