Tennessee § 29-15-121 - Mesne profits — Improvements.
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§ 29-15-121. Mesne profits — Improvements.
This chapter does not deprive the plaintiff of a right to an action for mesne profits after verdict and judgment in plaintiff's favor, or the defendant of the right to file a bill in equity for the value of defendant's improvements, but those rights are subject to the general provisions of this Code regulating actions. Code 1858, § 3259 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., § 5007; Code 1932, § 9155; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1328. Cited: Mounger v. Mounger, — S.W.3d —, 2012 Tenn. App. LEXIS 159 (Tenn. Ct. App. Mar. 12, 2012).
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