2020 Tennessee Code
Title 20 - Civil Procedure
Chapter 13 - Actions by and Against State
§ 20-13-101. Power to Prosecute Suits
The state shall commence and prosecute suits according to the laws of the land, as in cases between individuals, except that no security shall, in such case, be required.
Code 1858, § 2806 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 139, § 2); Shan., § 4506; Code 1932, § 8633; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1701.
Cross-References. Advancement on docket of cases involving state, §20-8-106.
Payment of costs, §20-12-134.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 123.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 6 Tenn. Juris., Constitutional Law, § 58.
Law Reviews.
Judgments and Appeal, 4 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 373.
Comparative Legislation. Actions by and against state:
Ala. Code §6-5-1 et seq.
Ark. Code §16-106-101.
Ga. O.C.G.A. §§9-10-2,45-12-26.
Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 15.060.
Miss. Code Ann. §11-45-1 et seq.
Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 27.050, 27.060.
N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 143-300.14, 147-89.
Va. Code § 8.01-192 et seq.
Cited: State ex rel. Estes v. Persica, 130 Tenn. 48, 168 S.W. 1056, 1914 Tenn. LEXIS 3 (1914).
