The general statutes on courts of general sessions are found in title 16, chapter 15 of Tennessee Code Annotated. The purpose of this general law is to create a statewide system of general sessions courts, but T.C.A. §16-15-501(c) expressly provides … Continue reading →
The office of district attorney general, including assistant district attorneys and criminal investigators, is covered by title 8, chapter 7 of Tennessee Code Annotated. Section 16-2-506 of T.C.A. establishes the judicial districts of the trial courts and establishes the number … Continue reading →
In some counties of Tennessee, a separate criminal court has been established which has the criminal law jurisdiction of the circuit courts. The criminal court has appellate jurisdiction over criminal law matters decided in the general sessions courts. The criminal … Continue reading →
The chancery courts are the traditional trial level equity courts in Tennessee. Equity law deals with matters not traditionally addressed by the common law (case law) of the law courts or the statutory law. Equity acts when a traditional law … Continue reading →
All private acts creating county boards of jury commissioners were repealed by §22-2-201 of Tennessee Code Annotated, except in Davidson, Knox and Hamilton counties. The general statutes dealing with jurors and juries can be found in T.C.A. title 22. County … Continue reading →
The private act has often been used as a means for transferring parcels of land from one county to another, often because the boundary lines would bisect an individual landowner’s property, placing the landowner under the jurisdiction of two counties. … Continue reading →
Acts of 1797 Chapter 13 SECTION 1. That John Owens, senior, John Brister, Isaac Lane, George Bean, senior, William Stone, Robert Boyd, Henry Howell, James Fears, Jacob Vanhoozer, William Millikin, and Michael Massingill, be, and they or a majority of … Continue reading →
Private Acts of 1919 Chapter 674 SECTION 1. That the boundary line between Grainger and Hancock Counties is hereby changed so as to read as follows: “Beginning on the south bank of Clinch River on a sweet gum known as … Continue reading →
Public Acts of 1883 Chapter 129 SECTION 1. That the county line between the counties of Grainger and Union counties be so as to run as follows, to wit: Beginning on the county line between the counties on the top … Continue reading →
Acts of 1817 Chapter 158 WHEREAS the road leading from the Panther Springs to the house formerly occupied by Felps Reed, is the line between the county of Grainger and Jefferson, and whereas, there have been frequent changes made in … Continue reading →
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