Tennessee § 4-1-102 - Protection of territory.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 4-1-102 — Protection of territory., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-1-102. Protection of territory.
The governor and all subordinate officers of this state are empowered to protect the territory of this state, within its defined limits in all the courts of the country, and the governor may employ counsel for this purpose whenever, in the governor's judgment, it becomes necessary in order to protect this state and the citizens of the commonwealth against illegal encroachments upon their rights, the fee for such services to be fixed by the governor and approved by the attorney general and reporter. Acts 1889, ch. 222, § 2; Shan., § 81; Code 1932, § 95; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 4-104. Collateral References. Challenging acts or proceedings by which its boundaries are affected, right of state as to. 86 A.L.R. 1367 .
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