Tennessee § 16-10-106 - Contractual debts and demands.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 16-10-106 — Contractual debts and demands., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-10-106. Contractual debts and demands.
The circuit court has jurisdiction, concurrent with courts of general sessions, to the extent of the jurisdiction of the courts of general sessions, of all debts and demands on contract over fifty dollars ($50.00). Code 1858, § 4230 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 5, § 7); Shan., § 6068; Code 1932, § 10323; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-506. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 17 Tenn. Juris., Jurisdiction, § 22; 19 Tenn. Juris., Motions and Summary Proceedings, § 5. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241. Cited: Lee v. Hall, 790 S.W.2d 293, 1990 Tenn. App. LEXIS 168 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990).
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