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Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-15-101 (2024)

Alternative actions

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Where the action is to recover real property, ejectment, or forcible or unlawful entry or detainer may be brought.

Code 1858, § 2750; Shan., § 4441; Code 1932, § 8567; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1301.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1992–2019 · leading case: Newport Hous. Auth. v. Ballard, 839 S.W.2d 86 (Tenn. 1992).
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Newport Hous. Auth. v. Ballard, 839 S.W.2d 86 (Tenn. 1992). · cites it 2× “T.C.A. § 29-15-101 and § 29-18-106 each provide for alternative actions in the same language, “where the action is to recover real property, ejectment, or forcible or unlawful entry or detainer may be brought.”
Roach v. Renfro, 989 S.W.2d 335 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “The right to maintain an ejectment action is provided at T.C.A, § 29-15-101 et seq. The ejectment statute contains no applicable statute of limitations, and thus Roach argued for the application of T.”
John Wesley Sullivan v. Brenda Kreiling, No. M2018-00885-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. May 30, 2019). · cites it 4× “Identical language is found in Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-15-101 (the chapter controlling ejectment actions) and Tenn.”
Mary Elizabeth Jackson v. Samuel William Bownas, No. E2004-01893-COA-R3-CV, 2005 WL 1457752 (Tenn. Ct. App. June 21, 2005). · cites it 2× “§ 16-11-106 , ejectment under Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-15-101 , and, alternatively, making a claim for adverse possession under Tenn.”
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