Tennessee § 29-16-117 - Setting aside report.
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§ 29-16-117. Setting aside report.
Either party may object to the report of the jury, and the same may, on good cause shown, be set aside, and a new writ of inquiry awarded. Code 1858, § 1341 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 72, § 5); Shan., § 1860; Code 1932, § 3125; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1417. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 10 Tenn. Juris., Eminent Domain, §§ 55, 61. Cited: Baker v. Nashville Housing Authority, 219 Tenn. 201, 408 S.W.2d 651, 1966 Tenn. LEXIS 628 (1966); State, Dep't of Highways v. Thornton, 57 Tenn. App. 127, 415 S.W.2d 884, 1967 Tenn. App. LEXIS 227 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1967).
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