Tennessee § 29-29-101 - Persons not in being made defendants.
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§ 29-29-101. Persons not in being made defendants.
In any suit in equity brought in any court under its general equity jurisdiction to quiet, perfect, or adjudge the title to real estate, or to remove clouds from the title thereof, situated within the state, in which suit it is sought to determine the rights or claims of any person not in being, such person may be made defendant, and such parties defendant may be designated by general words of descriptions such as the unborn children or representatives of children of A. B. a living person. Acts 1919, ch. 13, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 5009a1; Code 1932, § 9160; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2201. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 11 Tenn. Juris., Equity, § 97. Law Reviews. Quiet Title Actions in Tennessee, 15 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 263 (1985). Comparative Legislation. Quieting title: Ala. Code § 6-6-540 et seq. Ark. Code § 18-60-701 et seq. Ga. O.C.G.A. § 44-2-1 et seq. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 411.120. Miss. Code Ann. § 11-17-1 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 527.150 et seq. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 41-10 et seq. Va. Code § 55-153 et seq. Cited: Fulenwider v. Firefighters Asso. Local Union 1784, 649 S.W.2d 268, 1982 Tenn. LEXIS 375 (Tenn. 1982).
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Section 29-29-101 ("Persons not in being made defendants.") 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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