Tennessee § 69-5-829 - Decree upon redemption — Writ of possession.
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§ 69-5-829. Decree upon redemption — Writ of possession.
When such lands are redeemed, and this fact is made satisfactorily to appear to the chancery court, the court shall enter a decree in the cause, adjudging the land so redeemed and declaring it to be the property of the owner so redeeming, or of the owner's heirs or assigns, if redeemed by the owner's heirs or assigns; and if necessary may award a writ of possession to put the person so redeeming in possession of the land. Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 33; Shan., § 3871a132; Code 1932, § 4364; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-1333; T.C.A. § 69-6-829 .
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