Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-102 (2026)
Jurisdiction of civil causes - Transfer to circuit court
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The chancery court has concurrent jurisdiction, with the circuit court, of all civil causes of action, triable in the circuit court, except for unliquidated damages for injuries to person or character, and except for unliquidated damages for injuries to property not resulting from a breach of oral or written contract; and no demurrer for want of jurisdiction of the cause of action shall be sustained in the chancery court, except in the cases excepted.
- (b) Any suit in the nature of the cases excepted in subsection (a) brought in the chancery court, where objection has not been taken by a plea to the jurisdiction, may be transferred to the circuit court of the county, or heard and determined by the chancery court upon the principles of a court of law.
Acts 1877, ch. 97, §§ 1, 2; 1915, ch. 47; Shan., § 6109; mod. Code 1932, § 10377; Acts 1977, ch. 294, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-602.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 54
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1983–2026 · leading case: PNC Multifamily Capital Institutional Fund XXVI Ltd. P'ship v. Bluff City Cmty. Dev. Corp., 387 S.W.3d 525 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012).
PNC Multifamily Capital Institutional Fund XXVI Ltd. P'ship v. Bluff City Cmty. Dev. Corp., 387 S.W.3d 525 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2012). “As to the attorney, the PLLC, and the title company, the trial court found that any causes of action alleged against these Appellees sounded in tort and were claims for unliq-uidated damages; thus the court held that it lacked jurisdiction under Tennessee Code Annotated Section…”
Larry Sneed v. The City of Red Bank, Tennessee, 459 S.W.3d 17 (Tenn. 2014). “Red Bank also relied upon Tennessee Code Annotated section 16-11-102 (2009) in its motion to transfer.”
Rainbow Ridge Resort, LLC v. Branch Banking & Trust Co., 525 S.W.3d 252 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2016). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-102 (a). The same statute goes on to provide in subpart (b) that if a suit excepted by the language in subpart (a) is brought in chancery court but no objection is pleaded, the suit “may be .”
Howard Woods v. MTC Mgt. & Solomon Mgt., 967 S.W.2d 800 (Tenn. 1998). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 16-11-102 (emphasis added).”
Flowers v. Dyer Cnty., 830 S.W.2d 51 (Tenn. 1992). “The applicable statutes require that the suit be transferred to the circuit court for trial pursuant to T.C.A. § 16-11-102. The plaintiff, Evelyn Flowers, brought suit in the Dyer County Chancery Court seeking damages against Dyer County for personal injury and property damage…”
Lee v. Hall, 790 S.W.2d 293 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1990). “See Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 16-11-102, 16-10-106 (1980).”
Norton v. Everhart, 895 S.W.2d 317 (Tenn. 1995). “” Also, the 1977 amendment to another old transfer statute, § 16-11-102, which addresses the transfer of cases between the chancery court and the circuit court in the same county, has been construed in Flowers, supra, to provide for a mandatory transfer if an objection is made…”
Graves v. Kraft Gen. Foods, 45 S.W.3d 584 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 16-11-102 (1994). This statute has been interpreted by the supreme court as providing ,the statutory authority to chancery court to transfer many types of improperly filed original causes of action to circuit court.”
Duke v. Daniels, 660 S.W.2d 793 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1983). “It is a suit at law over which the Chancery Court has concurrent jurisdiction T.C.A. § 16-11-102. Gibson’s Suits in Chancery 6th Ed.”
Indus. Dev. Bd. of Tullahoma v. Hancock, 901 S.W.2d 382 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995). “Hancock’s contention that the chancery court does not have jurisdiction to award unliqui-dated damages in a tort action. He would be correct if that had been the sole remedy sought by the plaintiffs.”
State Ex Rel. Comm'r of the Dep't of Transp. v. Thomas, 336 S.W.3d 588 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “The State objected to the filing of the third-party complaint, noting that it was asserted against Shelby County "in name only,” and that, at any rate, the trial court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over an inverse condemnation lawsuit under Tennessee Code Annotated §…”
Wilson ex rel. MacIntosh v. Grantham, 739 S.W.2d 776 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1986). “See T.C.A. § 16-11-102, Counsel for appellant seems to argue that the Chancery Court of Hardeman County has some superior jurisdictional claim because the plaintiff is a minor and the fact that the Chancery Court has inherent jurisdiction regarding the rights of minors.”
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-102(a): 5 cases
State Ex Rel. Comm'r of the Dep't of Transp. v. Thomas, 336 S.W.3d 588 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “The State objected to the filing of the third-party complaint, noting that it was asserted against Shelby County "in name only,” and that, at any rate, the trial court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over an inverse condemnation lawsuit under Tennessee Code Annotated §…”
Mike G. Pauley v. Madison Cnty., Madison Cnty. Penal Farm, David Woolfork, Madison Cnty. Sheriff, Penal Farm Superintendent, Captain Jackson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001).
Tina Marie Hodge v. Chadwick Craig (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010).
State of Tennessee, Ex Rel. Herbert Slatery III v. The Witherspoon Law Grp. PLLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022).
Cathey v. City of Memphis (memphis Police Dep't) (W.D. Tenn. 2024).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-102(b): 4 cases
Keri Williams v. The City of Milan, Tennessee & Mayor Chris Crider, in his Off. & individual capacities (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011).
Tina Marie Hodge v. Chadwick Craig (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010).
Logan v. Winstead (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999).
Lattimer v. TDOC (Tenn. Ct. App. 1999).
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