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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 16 - Courts
Chapter 11 - Chancery Courts
Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers
§ 16-11-105. Suits by State Against Corporations
Universal Citation: TN Code § 16-11-105 (2020)
The court has power to hear and determine all controversies between the state and corporations, their stockholders or creditors, upon a bill filed by the attorney general and reporter on behalf of the state.
Code 1858, § 4296 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 1, § 4); Shan., § 6105; mod. Code 1932, § 10366; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-605.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 7, 506.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 11 Tenn. Juris., Equity, §§ 34, 35; 17 Tenn. Juris., Jurisdiction, § 23.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281.
Cited: State ex rel. Collier v. Enloe, 121 Tenn. 347, 117 S.W. 223, 1908 Tenn. LEXIS 24 (1909).
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