Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-1-105 (2026)
Distringas or fieri facias against corporate property
✓ current as of May 2026
The party, in whose favor a judgment or decree is rendered against a corporation, may sue out a distringas or fieri facias, to be levied as well on the choses in action as on the goods, chattels, lands, and tenements of the corporation, and, in case of a levy on choses in action, the court may appoint a receiver to collect the same.
Code 1858, § 3000 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 55, § 4); Shan., § 4730; Code 1932, § 8864; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 26-105.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2001–2001 · leading case: First Am. Trust Co. v. Franklin-Murray Dev. Co., L.P., 59 S.W.3d 135 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001).
First Am. Trust Co. v. Franklin-Murray Dev. Co., L.P., 59 S.W.3d 135 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “1 In July 1995, First American returned to the trial court requesting a distringas writ under Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-1-105 (2000) and the appointment of a receiver for Franklin-Murray.”
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