Statutes > Tennessee Statutes > Title 54 - Highways, Bridges And Ferries > Chapter 10 - Establishment of Public Roads > Part 2 - Opening, Closing or Changing Public Roads > 54-10-215 - Controversy to be heard at first term.

54-10-215 - Controversy to be heard at first term.

54-10-215. Controversy to be heard at first term.

The court in which any suit or controversy for establishing a ferry or laying out a road is pending shall hear and determine it at the first term after it is docketed.

[Code 1858, § 1193 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 35, § 1); Shan., § 1633a1; mod. Code 1932, § 2744; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 54-919.]