Tennessee § 29-35-110 - Suit on relation of private individual.
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§ 29-35-110. Suit on relation of private individual.
The suit is also brought on the information of any person, upon such person giving security for the costs of the proceedings, to be approved by the clerk of the court in which the bill is filed. When the suit is brought at the relation of a private individual, it shall be so stated in the bill and proceedings, and such individual is responsible for costs in case they are not adjudged against the defendant. Code 1858, §§ 3413, 3414 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 55, § 6); Shan., §§ 5169, 5170; Code 1932, §§ 9340, 9341; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2810. Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 44, 507, 508. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 7 Tenn. Juris., Corporations, §§ 91, 98, 114; 15 Tenn. Juris., Injunctions, § 40; 21 Tenn. Juris., Quo Warranto, § 4. Cited: Jordan v. Knox County, 213 S.W.3d 751, 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 26 (Tenn. 2007); State Ex Rel. Deselm v. Owings, 310 S.W.3d 353, 2009 Tenn. App. LEXIS 353 (Tenn. Ct. App. May 27, 2009); State ex rel. Wolfenbarger v. Moore, — S.W.3d —, 2010 Tenn. App. LEXIS 109 (Tenn. Ct. App. Feb. 12, 2010); State Ex Rel. Deselm v. Knox County Comm'n, 342 S.W.3d 1, 2010 Tenn. App. LEXIS 484 (Tenn. Ct. App. July 30, 2010); State ex. rel. Watson v. Waters, — S.W.3d —, 2010 Tenn. App. LEXIS 535 (Tenn. Ct. App. Aug. 20, 2010).
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