2010 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies And Special Proceedings
Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer
29-18-108 - Original jurisdiction of circuit court.
29-18-108. Original jurisdiction of circuit court.
The action for the recovery of the possession of land, given in this chapter, may also be originally instituted in the circuit court, the same forms being substantially pursued as those prescribed, the process being issued by the clerk, the plaintiff first giving bond and security to answer costs and damages as provided in § 29-18-111.
[Code 1858, § 3366 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186, § 8); Shan., § 5115; Code 1932, § 9270; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1608.]
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