Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-101 (2026)
Right of appeal
✓ current as of May 2026
Any person dissatisfied with the judgment of a recorder or other officer of a municipality charged with the conduct of trials, in a civil action, may, within ten (10) entire days thereafter, Sundays exclusive, appeal to the next term of circuit court.
Code 1858, § 3140 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 17, §10); Acts 1869-1870, ch. 85; Shan., § 4871; mod. Code 1932, § 9019; Acts 1969, ch. 281, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-501.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1983–2025 · leading case: Benson v. Herbst, 240 S.W.3d 235 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007).
Benson v. Herbst, 240 S.W.3d 235 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2007). “First, he argued that the appeal was governed by Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-5-101 (2000) rather than Tenn.”
Town of Nolensville v. King, 151 S.W.3d 427 (Tenn. 2004). “See Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-5-101 (2001). The appellant in Barrett, the companion case to Davis , also had a statutory right to a de novo appeal, although it was pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 27-5-108 (2000) because the case initiated in general sessions court rather…”
City of Chattanooga v. Myers, 787 S.W.2d 921 (Tenn. 1990). “85, Acts 1869-1870, predecessor of T.C.A. § 27-5-101 and 102 3 ] was passed probably in view of this decision, and was intended *924 to give the right of appeal in such cases_” Id.”
Davison v. Carr, 659 S.W.2d 361 (Tenn. 1983). “Appellant further contends that T.C.A. § 27-5-101 and T.C.A. § 27-5-102 1 provide the procedure for perfecting appeal.”
Crowley v. Thomas, 343 S.W.3d 32 (Tenn. 2011). “Analysis The issue on appeal is whether the circuit court properly affirmed the judgment of the general sessions court in response to Ms.”
Wilma Griffin v. Campbell Clinic, P.A., 439 S.W.3d 899 (Tenn. 2014). “Appeals from the general sessions court to the circuit court are governed by Tennessee Code Annotated sections 27-5-101 to - 107 (2000), -108 (Supp.”
Madyun v. Ballard, 783 S.W.2d 946 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1989). “That Order of Judgment granted Defendant City of Memphis’ Motion to Dismiss for failure to appeal the final judgment of the General Sessions Court, pursuant to T.C.A. § 27-5-101 et seq. 2. That the cause of action set forth [by] the Plaintiff in this cause is identical to that…”
Graves v. Kraft Gen. Foods, 45 S.W.3d 584 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2000). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-101 (1980). This statute is clear upon review that a party has ten days to appeal a general sessions judgment to a proper circuit court.”
Kirkland Sturgis v. Donna Smith Thompson, 415 S.W.3d 843 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “Analysis Appeals from Tennessee’s general sessions courts are governed by Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 27-5-101 (2000) et seq. Section 27-5-108 states that any party may appeal from a decision 3 of the general sessions court to the circuit court.”
Clay v. Barrington Motor Sales, Inc., 832 S.W.2d 33 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992). “T.C.A. § 27-5-101. Appeal to the Circuit Court is perfected by bond for prosecution of the appeal or taking the oath for poor persons.”
City of Red Boiling Springs v. Whitley, 777 S.W.2d 706 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1989). “§ 27-5-101 (1980), and made the filing of a bond with good security, or pauper’s oath, a prerequisite to granting the appeal.”
Joe Clyde Tubwell v. City of Memphis, 413 S.W.3d 77 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 27-5-101 through 27-5-103.”
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