The application to the clerk of the proper appellate court to bring up a proceeding of the circuit, chancery, or general sessions court shall be made within one (1) year after the judgment or decree.
Code 1858, § 3180 (deriv. Acts 1811, ch. 72, § 12); Shan., § 4916; Code 1932, § 9068; modified; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-604.