Tennessee § 16-3-308 - Special term.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 16-3-308 — Special term., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-3-308. Special term.
The judges of the supreme court have the power to appoint and hold a special term, upon giving twenty (20) days' notice of the time in some newspaper in the division in which the court is held, for the trial of causes that they deem essential to the public interest. Acts 1868-1869, ch. 28, § 2; Shan., § 6346; Code 1932, § 10648; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-323. Cited: Grissom v. H. K. Ferguson Co., 205 Tenn. 580, 329 S.W.2d 816, 1959 Tenn. LEXIS 396 (1959).
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