A civil action in the general sessions courts is commenced by a civil warrant being filed with the clerk in substance as follows:
State of Tennessee
______________ County
To any lawful process server to execute and return: summon ______________
defendant
____________________ to appear before the general sessions court of this county in ______________
address city or
______________, at ______________ on ______________to answer plaintiff(s) ______________ in
county, time date
a civil action for ______________
(include as many lines as necessary)
under ____________________ dollars. This ______________
date
______________
clerk/deputy
T.C.A. § 16-15-716