Tennessee § 16-11-106 - Boundary disputes.

§ 16-11-106. Boundary disputes.

The chancery court has jurisdiction to hear and determine all cases in which the boundary line or lines of adjoining or contiguous tracts of land is one, or the only, question at issue in the case. In all such cases a complete deraignment of title by the complainant from a state grant or common source of title shall not be required as in ejectment cases, but it shall be sufficient to establish title in the complainant where the complainant proves clearly that the complainant is the true owner of the lands described in the complainant's bill. Acts 1915, ch. 122, §§ 1, 2; Shan., §§ 6106 a1, 6106 a2; mod. Code 1932, §§ 10368, 10369; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 16-606, 16-607. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 7, 121. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 251; 5 Tenn. Juris., Boundaries, §§ 2-22; 10 Tenn. Juris., Ejectment, § 28; 11 Tenn. Juris., Equity, § 35; 11 Tenn. Juris., Evidence, § 45; 17 Tenn. Juris., Jurisdiction, § 23. Law Reviews. An Exegesis of the Ejectment Statutes of Tennessee (R.D. Cox), 18 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 581 (1988). Cited: McGregor v. Lehman, 14 Tenn. App. 300, — S.W.2d —, 1931 Tenn. App. LEXIS 40 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1931); Ray v. Crain, 18 Tenn. App. 603, 80 S.W.2d 113, 1934 Tenn. App. LEXIS 61 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1934); Stearns Coal & Lumber Co. v. Kitchen Lumber Co., 27 Tenn. App. 468, 182 S.W.2d 4, 1944 Tenn. App. LEXIS 93 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1944); Gibson v. Shular, 29 Tenn. App. 166, 194 S.W.2d 865, 1946 Tenn. App. LEXIS 63 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1946); Carr v. Wilbanks, 45 Tenn. App. 372, 324 S.W.2d 786, 1958 Tenn. App. LEXIS 131 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1958); Arrowood v. Williams, 586 S.W.2d 131, 1979 Tenn. App. LEXIS 331 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1979); Hodges v. Huntington, 595 S.W.2d 824, 1979 Tenn. App. LEXIS 383 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1979); Bynum v. Hollowell, 656 S.W.2d 400, 1983 Tenn. App. LEXIS 602 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1983).