Tennessee § 29-21-103 - Judges authorized to grant writ.
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§ 29-21-103. Judges authorized to grant writ.
The writ may be granted by any judge of the circuit or criminal courts, or by any chancellor in cases of equitable cognizance. Code 1858, § 3723; Shan., § 5503; mod. Code 1932, § 9674; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1803. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 8, 665. Law Reviews. Appellate and Post-Conviction Relief in Tennessee (Ronald W. Eades), 5 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 1. The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. LeClercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281. Cited: Goforth v. State, 176 Tenn. 489, 144 S.W.2d 739, 1940 Tenn. LEXIS 91 (1940); State ex rel. Hockett v. Hatler, 567 S.W.2d 472, 1977 Tenn. App. LEXIS 323 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1977); Lewis v. Metropolitan Gen. Sessions Court, 949 S.W.2d 696, 1996 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 83 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1996); Hickman v. State, 153 S.W.3d 16, 2004 Tenn. LEXIS 828 (Tenn. 2004).
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