Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-18-107 (2026)

Jurisdiction of general sessions judge

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All cases of forcible entry and detainer, forcible detainer, and unlawful detainer, may be tried before any one (1) judge of the court of general sessions of the county in which the acts are committed, who shall decide the particular case, and all questions of law and fact arising.

Code 1858, § 3346 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186, § 1); Acts 1879, ch. 23; Shan., § 5095; Code 1932, § 9249; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1607.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1990–2023 · leading case: Edith Johnson v. Mark C. Hopkins, 432 S.W.3d 840 (Tenn. 2013).

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Edith Johnson v. Mark C. Hopkins, 432 S.W.3d 840 (Tenn. 2013). “§ 29-18-107. 4 The party initiating the unlawful detainer action, here Landlords, must “give bond, with good *845 security, to pay all costs and damages which shall accrue to the defendant for the wrongful prosecution of the suit.”

Gallatin Hous. Auth. v. Mahoganee Pelt, 532 S.W.3d 760 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-18-107 (2012); Kinnard, 207 S.”

U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. Letitia Robertson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-18-107 (“All cases of .”

Samuel L. Davis v. Sovereign Investments, LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “15, 2013) (citing Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-18-107 ), and “wrongful or fraudulent foreclosure may be raised as an affirmative defense to an unlawful detainer action,” id.”

Anderson v. Long (E.D. Tenn. 2023). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-18-107 , et seq. (providing that General Sessions Judges have jurisdiction over “[a]ll cases of forcible entry and detainer, forcible detainer, and unlawful detainer”).”

James Scarlett v. AA Props., GP (2020). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-18-107 (2012). As for circuit court’s jurisdiction, the law provides: The action for the recovery of the possession of land, given in this chapter, may also be originally instituted in the circuit court, the same forms being substantially pursued as those…”

Larry R. Foster & Linda H. Johnston v. Jay W. Shim (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “See Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-18-107 (1980). It is equally clear that the circuit court had subject matter jurisdiction to over Mr.”

Fed. Deposit Ins. v. Bell Forge Assocs., Ltd., 750 F. Supp. 296 (M.D. Tenn. 1990). · cites it 2× “Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 29-18-107, 29-18-108 (1980).”

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