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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 35 - Usurpation or Forfeiture of Office or Franchise — Corporate Misdeeds
§ 29-35-112. Contents of Bill — Conduct of Suit

Universal Citation:
TN Code § 29-35-112 (2020)
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  1. The bill shall set forth briefly, and without technical forms, the grounds upon which the suit is instituted.
  2. The suit shall be conducted as other suits in equity.

Code 1858, § 3415 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 55, § 5); Shan., § 5171; Code 1932, § 9342; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2812.

Cross-References. General rules of pleading, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 8.

Cited: State ex rel. Southerland v. Greeneville, 201 Tenn. 133, 297 S.W.2d 68, 1956 Tenn. LEXIS 475 (1956); Smyrna v. Ridley, 730 S.W.2d 318, 1987 Tenn. LEXIS 905 (Tenn. 1987); Jordan v. Knox County, 213 S.W.3d 751, 2007 Tenn. LEXIS 26 (Tenn. 2007).

Collateral References. 65 Am. Jur. 2d Quo Warranto § 88.

67 C.J.S. Officers §§ 83-85.

Office 86-89.

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