Tennessee § 54-5-107 - Injunctions against interference — Cost bond unnecessary — Prompt hearings.
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§ 54-5-107. Injunctions against interference — Cost bond unnecessary — Prompt hearings.
No cost bond is necessary in the suit. Injunction may be sought and obtained against all persons interfering in any way with the work of the department or any of its assistants or employees engaged in locating, laying out, or constructing any such roads. It is the duty of all the chancellors and trial judges to grant injunctions and make all other orders that will facilitate the work of the department in locating and constructing roads under this part, and they shall promptly hear all cases in which the department may be interested. Acts 1917, ch. 74, § 5; Shan., § 1720a29b20 (p. 6550); Shan. Supp., § 1720a7b51; Code 1932, § 3209; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-507; Acts 1981, ch. 264, § 12. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Constitutional Law, § 59.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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