Tennessee § 16-3-211 - Order of counties in districts.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 16-3-211 — Order of counties in districts., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-3-211. Order of counties in districts.
The supreme court, except as otherwise provided, shall take up and try the cases from the different counties in a judicial district in the order in which the counties are named in the section of chapter 2 of this title that prescribes the times of holding court in the judicial district; and when the business of a county is taken up, it shall be argued before passing to the business of another county, unless postponed for satisfactory reasons to the court. Acts 1868-1869, ch. 28, § 4; Shan., § 6339; mod. Code 1932, § 10641; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-315.
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