Tennessee § 26-1-105 - Distringas or fieri facias against corporate property.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 26-1-105 — Distringas or fieri facias against corporate property., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 26-1-105. Distringas or fieri facias against corporate property.
The party, in whose favor a judgment or decree is rendered against a corporation, may sue out a distringas or fieri facias, to be levied as well on the choses in action as on the goods, chattels, lands, and tenements of the corporation, and, in case of a levy on choses in action, the court may appoint a receiver to collect the same. Code 1858, § 3000 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 55, § 4); Shan., § 4730; Code 1932, § 8864; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-105. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 301, 307, 310. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 12 Tenn. Juris., Executions, § 11; 21 Tenn. Juris., Receivers, § 7. Law Reviews. Enforcement of Judgments in Tennessee, 22 Tenn. L. Rev. 873. Enforcing Money Judgments in Tennessee (Lonnie C. Rich), 4 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 65.
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Section 26-1-105 ("Distringas or fieri facias against corporate property.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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