Tennessee § 27-8-104 - Power of circuit and chancery courts.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 27-8-104 — Power of circuit and chancery courts., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 27-8-104. Power of circuit and chancery courts.
The judges of the inferior courts of law have the power, in all civil cases, to issue writs of certiorari to remove any cause or transcript thereof from any inferior jurisdiction, on sufficient cause, supported by oath or affirmation. The chancellors shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the judges of the circuit courts of this state in granting writs of certiorari and supersedeas removing causes from general sessions courts to the circuit courts. Code 1858, § 3126 (deriv. Const. 1834, art. 6, § 10); Acts 1877, ch. 64; Shan., § 4857; Code 1932, § 8992; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-804. Cross-References. Commission's power to petition for judicial jurisdiction, § 62-19-127 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 5 Tenn. Juris., Certiorari, § 41; 17 Tenn. Juris., Justices of Peace and General Sessions Courts, § 41. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281. The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241.
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