Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-103 (2026)
Jurisdiction of equity causes
✓ current as of May 2026
The chancery court has exclusive original jurisdiction of all cases of an equitable nature, where the debt or demand exceeds fifty dollars ($50.00), unless otherwise provided by this code. It has no jurisdiction of any debt or demand of less value than fifty dollars ($50.00), unless otherwise specifically provided.
Code 1858, §§ 4280, 4281 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 4, § 1); Shan., §§ 6089, 6090; mod. Code 1932, §§ 10350, 10351; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-603.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1991–2026 · leading case: L.L. Bean, Inc. v. Bracey, 817 S.W.2d 292 (Tenn. 1991).
L.L. Bean, Inc. v. Bracey, 817 S.W.2d 292 (Tenn. 1991). “§ 1983 , and T.C.A. § 16-11-103. The defendants subsequently filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, based on lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter of the complaint.”
Berkeley Rsch. Grp., LLC v. S. Advanced Materials, LLC (Tenn. 2026). “Because we find that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this case, we do not decide whether Southern had sufficient contacts with Tennessee to establish personal jurisdiction or contractually consented to personal jurisdiction in Tennessee.”
Duckworth Pathology Grp., Inc., a Prof'l Ass'n v. The Reg'l Med. Ctr. at Memphis (The Med) (Tenn. Ct. App. 2014). “” In the Second Amended Appeal, Duckworth amended Paragraph Nine of the “Jurisdiction and Venue” section to omit any reference to the certiorari statutes, stating instead that the chancery court had subject matter jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to Tennessee Code…”
Mickell Lowery v. Michael Redmond (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). “Appellee further relies on section 16-11-103, which confers on chancery courts “exclusive original jurisdiction of all cases of an equitable nature, where the debt or demand exceeds fifty dollars ($50.”
Ethan Rider v. Laurie Rider (Tenn. Ct. App. 2003). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-103 (2002) provides that “[t]he chancery court has exclusive original jurisdiction of all cases of an equitable nature, where the debt or demand exceeds fifty dollars ($50.”
Jeffrey L. Lawson v. Univ. of Tennessee (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “In fact, there is nothing in any part of the statutory scheme pertaining to the Claims Commission reflecting that the State has waived its sovereign immunity as to suits under the FLSA. Next, Lawson argues that the State has consented to be sued under the FSLA and has thus…”
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