Tennessee § 5-1-102 - Jurisdiction over boundary waters.
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§ 5-1-102. Jurisdiction over boundary waters.
Counties bounded by a stream or other waters shall have concurrent jurisdiction over the whole of the waters lying between them. Code 1858, § 405; Shan., § 497; Code 1932, § 743; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-102. Cross-References. State boundary waters, §§ 4-1-103 , 4-1-104 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 17 Tenn. Juris., Jurisdiction, § 5. Law Reviews. Constitutional Law — 1963 Tennessee Survey (James C. Kirby, Jr.), 17 Vand. L. Rev. 944 (1964).
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