Tenn. Code Ann. § 9-2-125
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Notice of motion against sheriff
Official statutory text
No notice of this motion is required when it is made at the first term after the execution has been placed in the sheriff's hands; but if the motion is made at a subsequent term, it shall be entered upon the minutes, and docketed as a suit, and proceeded with on the second or subsequent day of the next succeeding term, as if notice had been given. Code 1858, § 718 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 43, § 2); Shan., § 1031; Code 1932, § 1760; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 9-225.
No notice of this motion is required when it is made at the first term after the execution has been placed in the sheriff's hands; but if the motion is made at a subsequent term, it shall be entered upon the minutes, and docketed as a suit, and proceeded with on the second or subsequent day of the next succeeding term, as if notice had been given.
Code 1858, § 718 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 43, § 2); Shan., § 1031; Code 1932, § 1760; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 9-225.
No notice of this motion is required when it is made at the first term after the execution has been placed in the sheriff's hands; but if the motion is made at a subsequent term, it shall be entered upon the minutes, and docketed as a suit, and proceeded with on the second or subsequent day of the next succeeding term, as if notice had been given.
Code 1858, § 718 (deriv. Acts 1833, ch. 43, § 2); Shan., § 1031; Code 1932, § 1760; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 9-225.
Status: in_force
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