Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-25-107 (2026)
Issues of fact
✓ current as of May 2026
If the answer deny any material facts stated in the petition, the court may determine the issues upon evidence, or cause them to be submitted to a jury.
Code 1858, § 3572 (deriv. Acts 1831, ch. 51, § 4); Shan., § 5336; Code 1932, § 9496; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2007.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1984–2013 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Matthews v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty., 679 S.W.2d 946 (Tenn. 1984).
State Ex Rel. Matthews v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty., 679 S.W.2d 946 (Tenn. 1984). “T.C.A., § 29-25-107, provides that the court, in a mandamus proceeding, may determine contested facts upon evidence or cause them to be submitted to the jury.”
State ex rel. Tanya Aina-Labinjo v. Metro. Nashville Bd. of Pub. Educ. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2013). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-25-107 provides that “if the answer [to the petition for mandamus] deny any material facts stated in the petition, the court may determine the issues upon evidence.”
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