Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-10-106 (2026)

Contractual debts and demands

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The circuit court has jurisdiction, concurrent with courts of general sessions, to the extent of the jurisdiction of the courts of general sessions, of all debts and demands on contract over fifty dollars ($50.00).

Code 1858, § 4230 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 5, § 7); Shan., § 6068; Code 1932, § 10323; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-506.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1995–1995 · leading case: Ware v. Meharry Med. Coll., 898 S.W.2d 181 (Tenn. 1995).

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Ware v. Meharry Med. Coll., 898 S.W.2d 181 (Tenn. 1995). · cites it 2× “The only reported decision touching on the question concerns the operation of the savings statute when the plaintiff nonsuits a case after the defendant appeals to the circuit court.”

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