Tenn. Code § 29-16-104

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069

Section 29-16-104 - Petition

The person seeking to appropriate such land shall file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which the land lies, setting forth, in substance:

(1) The parcel of land or rights therein or incident thereto a portion of which is wanted, and the extent wanted;

(2) The name of the owner of such land or rights, or, if unknown, stating the fact;

(3) The object for which the land, etc., is wanted; and

(4) A prayer that a suitable portion of land or rights may be decreed to the petitioner, and set apart by metes and bounds, or other proper mode.

T.C.A. § 29-16-104

Code 1858, § 1326; Shan., § 1845; mod. Code 1932, § 3110; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1404.