Any person dissatisfied with the judgment of a recorder or other officer of a municipality charged with the conduct of trials, in a civil action, may, within ten (10) entire days thereafter, Sundays exclusive, appeal to the next term of circuit court. Code 1858, § 3140 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 17, § 10); Acts 1869-1870, […]
Any party dissatisfied with the judgment of a recorder or officer of a municipal corporation charged with the trial of causes may appeal to the next circuit or special court, in all cases in which an appeal is allowed from the judgment of a judge of the court of general sessions, and subject to the […]
Before the appeal is granted, the person appealing shall give bond with good security, as hereinafter provided, for the costs of the appeal, or take the oath for poor persons. An appeal bond filed by a plaintiff or defendant pursuant to this chapter shall be considered sufficient if it secures the cost of the cause […]
The original plaintiff may be ruled to security in the appellate court for the costs of the cause. Code 1858, § 3146 (deriv. Acts 1813, ch. 131, § 2); Shan., § 4877; Code 1932, § 9026; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-504.
When an appeal shall be perfected from the judgment of any judge of the court of general sessions, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the general sessions court to file the papers in the case in the office of the clerk of the circuit court, at least five (5) days before the […]
If the clerk fails to return the papers within the time prescribed, but returns them during the term to which the same are returnable, and the appellant fails to appear and prosecute the appeal, if such appellant is the original defendant, the plaintiff shall have judgment final, by default, for the amount of the judgment […]
If the papers are properly returned, and the appellant fails to appear or defend as above, or if the appeal is dismissed for any cause, the appellee is entitled to an affirmance of the judgment below, with costs. Code 1858, § 3145; Shan., § 4876; mod. Code 1932, § 9025; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-508.
Any party may appeal from a decision of the general sessions court to the circuit court of the county within a period of ten (10) days on complying with this chapter. In civil cases, if one (1) or more of the parties before the general sessions court, on one (1) or more warrants, perfects an […]
