§ 20-13-110. Venue for Real Property Lien Action Against State
Venue for any suit against the state relative to a lien on real property shall be in the county in which the property is located.
§ 20-13-101. Power to Prosecute Suits
The state shall commence and prosecute suits according to the laws of the land, as in cases between individuals, except that no security shall, in such case, be required. Code 1858, § 2806 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 139, § 2); Shan., § 4506; Code 1932, § 8633; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1701.
§ 20-13-102. Actions Against State Prohibited
No court in the state shall have any power, jurisdiction or authority to entertain any suit against the state, or against any officer of the state acting by authority of the state, with a view to reach the state, its treasury, funds or property, and all such suits shall be dismissed as to the state […]
§ 20-13-103. Compromise and Settlement of Litigation
The attorney general and reporter may compromise and settle, insofar as the state is concerned, any civil litigation to which the state may be a party, upon such terms as in the attorney general and reporter’s opinion may seem to be in the best interest of the state, and may enter into such agreements in […]
§ 20-13-104. Order for Deposit in Treasury
In all suits brought by the state, where it is made to appear, to the satisfaction of the chancellor or judge before whom the same is pending, that any funds, moneys, bonds, notes, coupons or securities are held by any person as agent, depository or trustee, either for the state or for any of the […]
§ 20-13-105. Appeal From Deposit Order
No appeal shall lie from any deposit order until after it has been fully complied with, nor shall any supersedeas be granted therein until after the deposit order is fully complied with.
§ 20-13-106. Safekeeping of Deposited Securities
The court, judge or chancellor shall make such order as the court, judge or chancellor deems necessary for the safekeeping or cancellation and redelivery or appropriation of the securities so deposited.
§ 20-13-107. Return of Deposited Property
Where moneys are deposited in the state treasury under the provisions of this chapter, the court shall have power, in the event the right to the moneys are adjudged against the state, to order the return of the moneys to the party entitled, and the moneys shall be paid out of the treasury without any […]
§ 20-13-108. Methods of Deposit and Withdrawal
The funds or securities shall be placed in the state treasury, and drawn from the state treasury on warrants of the commissioner of finance and administration.
§ 20-13-109. Tax Recovery by Other States
Any state of the United States or the political subdivisions of any state shall have the right to sue in the courts of this state to recover any tax that may be owing to it when the like right is accorded to this state and its political subdivisions by such state.