Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-10-111 (2026)
Equity powers
✓ current as of May 2026
Any suit of an equitable nature, brought in the circuit court, where objection has not been taken to the jurisdiction, may be transferred to the chancery court of the county, or heard and determined by the circuit court upon the principles of a court of equity, with power to order and take all proper accounts, and otherwise to perform the functions of a chancery court.
Code 1858, § 4236 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 9); Shan., § 6074; mod. Code 1932, § 10329; Acts 1972, ch. 565, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-511.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2022 · leading case: Riden v. Snider, 832 S.W.2d 341 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991).
Riden v. Snider, 832 S.W.2d 341 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991). “This insistence is based upon our supreme court’s interpretation of T.C.A. § 16-10-111: [A]ny suit of an equitable nature brought in the Circuit Court where objection has not been taken to the jurisdiction, may be transferred to the Chancery Court of the county, or heard and…”
Clinton Books, Inc. v. City of Memphis, 197 S.W.3d 749 (Tenn. 2006). “Tennessee Code Annotated section 16-10-111 (1994) provides that a circuit court may hear and determine a suit of an equitable nature “upon the principles of a court of equity, with power to order and take all proper accounts, and otherwise to perform the functions of a chancery…”
Shelter Ins. Companies v. Sherrie Marie Hann, 921 S.W.2d 194 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995). “In the absence of objection, the Circuit Court might have ruled upon the application for relief or transferred the cause to the Chancery Court (TCA § 16-10-111). No reason occurs to this Court why a Circuit Judge would not have the authority to sua sponte decline to exercise…”
Larry R. Foster & Linda H. Johnston v. Jay W. Shim (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “Shim asserts that Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-10-111 (1980) required the trial court to transfer the case to the chancery court when he objected to the trial court’s jurisdiction.”
Bill E. Owens v. Otto Muenzel, Jr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2018). “16-10-111 Appellants seek to rely on Tennessee Code Annotated section 16-10-111: Any suit of equitable nature, brought in the circuit court, where objection has not been taken to the jurisdiction, may be transferred to the chancery court of the county, or heard and determined by…”
State of Tennessee Ex Rel. Herbert H. Slatery, III, Attorney Gen. & Reporter v. HRC Med. Centers, Inc. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-10-111 (“Any suit of an equitable nature, brought in the circuit court, where objection has not been taken to the jurisdiction, may be -8- transferred to the chancery court of the county, or heard and determined by the circuit court upon the principles of a…”
Junot v. Est. of Gilliam, 759 S.W.2d 645 (Tenn. 1988). “The Jurisdictional Issue It is clear that under the provisions of T.C.A., § 16-10-111, the law court had jurisdiction to entertain any suit of an equitable nature and power to decide it upon principles of equity in the absence of an objection to the exercise of such jurisdiction.”
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