Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-103 (2026)

Appeal bond - Oath

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(a) Before the appeal is granted, the person appealing shall give bond with good security, as hereinafter provided, for the costs of the appeal, or take the oath for poor persons.

(b) An appeal bond filed by a plaintiff or defendant pursuant to this chapter shall be considered sufficient if it secures the cost of the cause on appeal.

Code 1858, § 3141 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, § 54); Shan., § 4872; Code 1932, § 9020; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-503; Acts 1988, ch. 647, §§ 1, 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 45 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1989–2025 · leading case: Wilma Griffin v. Campbell Clinic, P.A., 439 S.W.3d 899 (Tenn. 2014).

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Wilma Griffin v. Campbell Clinic, P.A., 439 S.W.3d 899 (Tenn. 2014). · cites it 38× “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-103 . In short, subsection (a) imposes the bond and subsection (b) defines it.”

Edith Johnson v. Mark C. Hopkins, 432 S.W.3d 840 (Tenn. 2013). · cites it 8× “Accordingly, the cost bond that the tenants have already posted pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 27-5-103(a) (2000) is sufficient to perfect their appeal and confer subject matter jurisdiction on the Circuit Court.”

Kirkland Sturgis v. Donna Smith Thompson, 415 S.W.3d 843 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 14× “§ 20-12-127 (1994); Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-5-103 (2000); 1 Lawrence A.”

Kendra D. Carter v. Retha Batts, 373 S.W.3d 547 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). · cites it 6× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-5-103 (2000). As previously stated by this Court, “[t]he only way that a circuit court may acquire subject matter jurisdiction over a case litigated in a general sessions court is through the timely perfection of a de novo appeal.”

City of Red Boiling Springs v. Whitley, 777 S.W.2d 706 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 4× “The legislature has established ten days as the time for taking the appeal, TenmCode Ann.”

Crowley v. Thomas, 343 S.W.3d 32 (Tenn. 2011). · cites it 2× “§ 27-5-108(a), (b), and file either an appeal bond or an affidavit of indigency, Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-5-103(a). Section 27-5-108(c) provides that “[a]ny appeal shall be heard de novo in the circuit court.”

Shelton Dental Assocs. v. LaFevre, 767 S.W.2d 665 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 5× “Nevertheless the statute involved in this question, T.C.A. 27-5-103, makes no mention of a “successful” appeal.”

Marvin Bernatsky & Patricia Bernatsky v. Designer Baths & Kitchens, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 153× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-103 (2000). On this basis, the Circuit Court held that it did not have subject-matter jurisdiction over the case.”

Joe Clyde Tubwell v. City of Memphis, 413 S.W.3d 77 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 4× “2d at 707 (“Although Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-5-103 does not specifically say where the bond is to be filed, it is clear from Tenn.”

Clay v. Barrington Motor Sales, Inc., 832 S.W.2d 33 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “T.C.A. § 27-5-103. There is no evidence of the filing of an appeal bond or oath.”

Gill v. State Farm Ins., 958 S.W.2d 350 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “Any party may appeal from an adverse decision of the general sessions court to the circuit court within a period of ten (10) days and the appeal shall be heard de novo in the circuit court.”

Kenneth Brown, Sandra McCulley, & Shawn McCulley v. Samir Shtaya - Dissenting (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 51× “at *12 (quoting Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-103 (a)). It then determined that section 27-5-103's requirement that an appealing party “give bond with good security” could be satisfied either by remittance of a cash payment or the filing of a surety bond.”

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— Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-103(a) — 18 cases

Edith Johnson v. Mark C. Hopkins, 432 S.W.3d 840 (Tenn. 2013). “Accordingly, the cost bond that the tenants have already posted pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated section 27-5-103(a) (2000) is sufficient to perfect their appeal and confer subject matter jurisdiction on the Circuit Court.”

Wilma Griffin v. Campbell Clinic, P.A., 439 S.W.3d 899 (Tenn. 2014). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-103 . In short, subsection (a) imposes the bond and subsection (b) defines it.”

Crowley v. Thomas, 343 S.W.3d 32 (Tenn. 2011). “§ 27-5-108(a), (b), and file either an appeal bond or an affidavit of indigency, Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-5-103(a). Section 27-5-108(c) provides that “[a]ny appeal shall be heard de novo in the circuit court.”

Kirkland Sturgis v. Donna Smith Thompson, 415 S.W.3d 843 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2011). “§ 20-12-127 (1994); Tenn.Code Ann. § 27-5-103 (2000); 1 Lawrence A.”

Kenneth Brown, Sandra McCulley, & Shawn McCulley v. Samir Shtaya (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013).

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-103(b) — 2 cases

Wilma Griffin v. Campbell Clinic, P.A., 439 S.W.3d 899 (Tenn. 2014). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-103 . In short, subsection (a) imposes the bond and subsection (b) defines it.”

Marvin Bernatsky & Patricia Bernatsky v. Designer Baths & Kitchens, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-5-103 (2000). On this basis, the Circuit Court held that it did not have subject-matter jurisdiction over the case.”

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