Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-1-120
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Reasons for reversal furnished trial court
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If the judgment of the inferior court is reversed and the cause remanded, the judges shall file, in writing, with the clerk, the reasons of reversal, and the points of law in the judgment of the inferior court in which the error existed, to be copied by the clerk, and certified to the inferior court as part of the record of reversal. Code 1858, § 3932 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 60, § 1); Shan., § 5736; Code 1932, § 9925; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-122.
If the judgment of the inferior court is reversed and the cause remanded, the judges shall file, in writing, with the clerk, the reasons of reversal, and the points of law in the judgment of the inferior court in which the error existed, to be copied by the clerk, and certified to the inferior court as part of the record of reversal.
Code 1858, § 3932 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 60, § 1); Shan., § 5736; Code 1932, § 9925; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-122.
If the judgment of the inferior court is reversed and the cause remanded, the judges shall file, in writing, with the clerk, the reasons of reversal, and the points of law in the judgment of the inferior court in which the error existed, to be copied by the clerk, and certified to the inferior court as part of the record of reversal.
Code 1858, § 3932 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 60, § 1); Shan., § 5736; Code 1932, § 9925; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-122.
Status: in_force
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