2020 Tennessee Code
Title 20 - Civil Procedure
Chapter 11 - Formal Defects in Proceedings
§ 20-11-108. General Sessions Court Proceedings on Appeal
In appeals from courts of general sessions, the circuit court shall supply any defect in the proceedings of the inferior jurisdiction, as though the suit had been commenced in the circuit court.
Code 1858, § 2875 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 21; 1837-1838, ch. 130, § 1); Shan., § 4595; Code 1932, § 8719; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1514.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Amendments, §§ 2, 7, 10, 17; 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, §§ 50, 51, 67; 17 Tenn. Juris., Justices of Peace and General Sessions Courts, § 41.
Law Reviews.
The Pauper's Oath in Appeals From General Sessions Court (Robert A. Lanier), 19 No. 2 Tenn. B.J. 17 (1983).
Cited: Spencer v. Dixie Finance Co., 205 Tenn. 485, 327 S.W.2d 301, 1959 Tenn. LEXIS 387 (1959).
