2020 Tennessee Code
Title 16 - Courts
Chapter 11 - Chancery Courts
Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers
§ 16-11-101. General Powers

The chancery court has all the powers, privileges and jurisdiction properly and rightfully incident to a court of equity.

Code 1858, § 4279 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 4, § 1); Shan., § 6088; mod. Code 1932, § 10349; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-601.

Cross-References. Banking commissioner's orders, jurisdiction of chancery courts to enforce, §45-1-108.

Personal injury or death cases in chancery or circuit courts, reports, §16-21-111.

Probate jurisdiction transferred from county court, §§16-16-201,16-16-202.

State system of personnel administration, title 8, ch. 30.

Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 1.

Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 832.

Tennessee Jurisprudence, 11 Tenn. Juris., Equity, §§ 21, 33, 55.

Law Reviews.

Abolishing Local Action Rules: A First Step toward Modernizing Jurisdiction and Venue in Tennessee, 34 U. Mem. L. Rev. 251 (2004).

Casenote: Estate, Gift and Trust Law-Joint and Mutual Wills-Proper Jurisdictional Vehicles for Contract-Based Mutual Wills Claims, 80 Tenn. L. Rev. 883 (2013). A Little Bit of Laches Goes a Long Way: Notes on Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., 67 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 1 (2014).

Domestic Relations — Inherent Annulment Jurisdiction of Equity Court, 22 Tenn. L. Rev. 1063.

Equity — 1961 Tennessee Survey (II) (T. A. Smedley), 15 Vand. L. Rev. 896.

Justiciability in Tennessee, Part Three: Timing (Barbara Kritchevsky), 16 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 177 (1986).

Laches at Law in Tennessee, 28 U. Mem. L. Rev. 211 (1997).

Quiet Title Actions in Tennessee, 15 Mem. St. U.S. Rev. 263 (1985).

The Chancery Court, 20 Tenn. L. Rev. 245.

The Supreme Court and the New Equity, 68 Vand. L. Rev. 997 (2015).

The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281.

Comparative Legislation. Chancery courts:

Ark.  Code §16-13-301 et seq.

Miss.  Code Ann. §9-5-1 et seq.

Va. Code § 8.01-607 et seq.

Cited: Carter v. Taylor, 409 F. Supp. 1162, 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16018 (E.D. Tenn. 1975); Knobler v. Knobler, 697 S.W.2d 583, 1985 Tenn. App. LEXIS 2715 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1985); Brandon v. Wright, 838 S.W.2d 532, 1992 Tenn. App. LEXIS 365 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992); City of Jackson v. State, — S.W.3d —, 2008 Tenn. App. LEXIS 318 (Tenn. Ct. App. May 27, 2008); Cheatham County v. Kong, — S.W.3d —, 2009 Tenn. App. LEXIS 405 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 30, 2009).