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TN Code § 29-14-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 14 - Declaratory Judgments|§ 29-14-113. Liberal Construction

 This chapter is declared to be remedial; its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations; and is to be liberally construed and administered.
TN Code § 29-15-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-101. Alternative Actions

 Where the action is to recover real property, ejectment, or forcible or unlawful entry or detainer may be brought.   Code 1858, § 2750; Shan., § 4441; Code 1932, § 8567; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1301.
TN Code § 29-15-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-102. Right to Ejectment

 Any person having a valid subsisting legal interest in real property, and a right to the immediate possession thereof, may recover the same by an action of ejectment.   Code 1858, § 3229; Shan., § 4970; Code 1932, § 9118; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1302.
TN Code § 29-15-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-103. Parties Defendant

  The action is brought against the actual occupant, if any, and, if no such occupant, then against any person claiming an interest therein, or exercising acts of ownership at the commencement of the suit.   When the suit is against a tenant by a party claiming adversely to the title of the tenant's landlord, the landlord may appear and be made a defendant with, or in the place of, the tenant.    Code 1858, §§ 3231, 3232 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., §§ 4972, 4973; Code 1932, §§ 9120, 9121; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1303.
TN Code § 29-15-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-104. Contents of Declaration

 It is sufficient for the plaintiff to allege in plaintiff's declaration that plaintiff was possessed of the premises sued for at the time specified, which should be after plaintiff's title accrued, and, being so possessed thereof, the defendant afterwards, on a day stated, entered thereon, and unlawfully withholds the same, to the plaintiff's damage, naming the sum. The plaintiff's declaration shall specify the quantity of plaintiff's estate and the extent of plaintiff's interest, according to the truth, and describe the premises, with convenient certainty, by metes and bounds, or other appropriate description.   Code 1858, §§ 3234, 3235 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., §§ 4975, 4976; Code 1932, §§ 9123, 9124; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1305.
TN Code § 29-15-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-105. Joinder of Counts and Parties

  The declaration may contain several counts, and several parties may be named as plaintiffs, jointly in one (1) count and separately in others, but not without the consent of the party in person, or by a duly authorized agent, unless the party in person be tenant in common with the party commencing the suit.   If the name of a person be used as a plaintiff contrary to this provision, the suit shall be dismissed at the cost of the plaintiff, on motion of the defendant and the proof of want of authority.    Code 1858, § 3236 (deriv. Acts 1825, ch. 63, §§ 1, 2; 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., § 4977; Code 1932, § 9125; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1306.
TN Code § 29-15-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-106. Death of Parties

  The death of either party does not abate the action, but it may be revived in favor of the heirs or devisees of the plaintiff, and against the heirs and terre-tenants of the defendant.   If the heirs are nonresident, the court may order publication to be made for them, as in the case of other nonresident defendants; and, if they fail to appear and defend, judgment by default may be taken, subject to the rules and regulations of this Code touching judgments against nonresident defendants.   If any of the heirs of a deceased defendant are infants, either resident or nonresident, without regular guardian in this state, the court may appoint a guardian ad litem for such infants after suit has been revived against them by service of process or publication, as aforementioned. Should such nonresident heirs appear, the court may, at any time before the trial, upon satisfactory ground shown, change the guardians, and appoint others to defend in behalf of such defendants.    Code 1858, §§ 3255-3258 (deriv. Acts 1819, ch. 16, §§ 4-6; 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., §§ 5003-5006; Code 1932, §§ 9151-9154; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1311.
TN Code § 29-15-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-107. Facts to Be Proved

  Upon the trial, the plaintiff need not prove an actual entry on or possession of the premises demanded, or receipt of any profits thereof, nor any lease, entry, or ouster, except as herein provided, but it is sufficient for plaintiff to show a right to the possession of the premises at the commencement of the suit.   If the action be brought by one (1) or more tenants in common, copartners, or joint owners, against their cotenants, the plaintiff shall prove actual ouster or some other act by the defendant amounting to a denial of the plaintiff's right as cotenant.    Code 1858, §§ 3242, 3243 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., §§ 4983, 4984; Code 1932, §§ 9131, 9132; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1313.
TN Code § 29-15-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-108. Title Bonds as Evidence

 On trials of actions of ejectment between vendor and vendee, title bonds, properly proved and registered, may be read in evidence, and shall have the same force and effect as a deed between the same parties.
TN Code § 29-15-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-109. Parties Involved in Verdict

 When there are more defendants than one (1), the jury may find the defendants jointly or severally guilty of detaining all or any distinct parcels of the premises, and plaintiff may have judgment against any or all defendants, according to the facts of the case. The verdict may be for plaintiffs, or such of them as appear to have right to the possession of the premises, or any part thereof, and against such of the defendants as were in possession thereof or claimed title thereto at the commencement of the action.   Code 1858, §§ 3244, 3246 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., §§ 4986, 4988; Code 1932, §§ 9134, 9136; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1315.
TN Code § 29-15-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-110. Land Described in Verdict

  The plaintiff may recover any specific part or share of the premises embraced in the declaration, though less than plaintiff claims.   The verdict may specify the extent and quality of the plaintiff's estate, and the premises to which plaintiff is entitled, with reasonable certainty, by metes and bounds, or other sufficient description, according to the facts as proved.    Code 1858, §§ 3245, 3247 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., §§ 4987, 4989; Code 1932, §§ 9135, 9137; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1316.
TN Code § 29-15-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-111. Expiration of Plaintiff's Right

 If the right of the plaintiff expire after the commencement of the suit and before trial, the verdict shall be according to the facts, and judgment shall be entered for damages for the withholding of the premises by the defendant; and as to the premises, the judgment shall be that the defendant go hence without delay.   Code 1858, § 3248 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., § 4990; Code 1932, § 9138; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1317.
TN Code § 29-15-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-112. General Verdict for Plaintiff

 A general verdict in favor of the plaintiff, without such specifications, entitles the plaintiff to the quantity of interest, or estate, and the premises, as set forth and described in the declaration.   Code 1858, § 3249; Shan., § 4991; Code 1932, § 9139; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1318.   Collateral References. 25 Am. Jur. 2d Ejectment §§ 119-121.   28 C.J.S. Ejectment § 109.   Ejectment 111(5, 6).
TN Code § 29-15-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-113. Judgment Conforming to Verdict or Declaration

 The judgment for the plaintiff is that plaintiff recover the possession of the premises according to the verdict, or, if by default or on demurrer, according to the description in the declaration.   Code 1858, § 3250 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., § 4992; Code 1932, § 9140; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1319.
TN Code § 29-15-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-114. Writ of Possession

 The judgment is executed by a writ of possession, issued to the sheriff, and directing the sheriff to put the plaintiff in possession of the premises.   Code 1858, § 3251 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., § 4993; Code 1932, § 9141; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1320.
TN Code § 29-15-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-121. Mesne Profits — Improvements

 This chapter does not deprive the plaintiff of a right to an action for mesne profits after verdict and judgment in plaintiff's favor, or the defendant of the right to file a bill in equity for the value of defendant's improvements, but those rights are subject to the general provisions of this Code regulating actions.   Code 1858, § 3259 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 2); Shan., § 5007; Code 1932, § 9155; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1328.
TN Code § 29-15-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-122. Tenant's Liability for Rents

 A tenant in possession in good faith, under a lease or license from another, is not liable beyond the rent in arrear at the time of suit brought for the recovery of the land, and that which may afterwards accrue during the continuance of the tenant's possession.   Code 1858, § 3260; Shan., § 5008; Code 1932, § 9156; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1329.
TN Code § 29-15-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-123. Improvements Setoff

 Persons holding possession in good faith, under color of title, are entitled to have the value of their permanent improvements setoff against the rents and profits which the plaintiff may recover.   Code 1858, § 3261 (deriv. Acts 1813, ch. 24, §§ 1, 2; 1827, ch. 46); Shan., § 5009; Code 1932, § 9157; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1330.
TN Code § 29-15-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-124. Disposition of Contents on Execution

  In executing a writ of possession after judgment in an action of ejectment, the option of having personal property removed to a local warehouse for storage or having it removed from the property as has been the procedure of sheriffs prior to March 28, 1976 shall be with the person being ejected.   All storage fees and transportation costs incurred are to be paid by the owner of the stored property.
TN Code § 29-15-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 15 - Ejectment|§ 29-15-125. Rebuttable Presumption of Legal Title

 In order to establish a rebuttable presumption of legal title to real property for the purpose of bringing an action of ejectment, it shall be sufficient for a person claiming legal title to establish the chain of title to the property for the preceding fifty (50) years in any instance where the property title records of the county have been destroyed so as to make it impossible to trace the title of the property to the earliest sale or grant.
TN Code § 29-18-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-101. Unlawful Entry Prohibited

 No person shall enter upon any lands, tenements, or other possessions, and detain or hold the same, but where entry is given by law, and then only in a peaceable manner.   Code 1858, § 3341 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, § 1); Shan., § 5090; Code 1932, § 9244; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1601.
TN Code § 29-18-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-102. Forcible Entry and Detainer Defined — Where Action Does Not Lie

  A forcible entry and detainer is where a person, by force or with weapons, or by breaking open the doors, windows, or other parts of the house, whether any person be in it or not, or by any kind of violence whatsoever, enters upon land, tenement, or possession, in the occupation of another, and detains and holds the same; or by threatening to kill, maim, or beat the party in possession; or by such words, circumstances, or actions, as have a natural tendency to excite fear or apprehension of danger; or by putting out of doors or carrying away the goods of the party in possession; or by entering peaceably and then turning or keeping the party out of possession by force or threat or other circumstances of terror.   No action for forcible entry and detainer shall lie against any tenant who has paid all rent due for current occupancy of the premises and who is not in violation of any law nor otherwise in breach of the tenant's written lease, but this subsection (b) shall not apply in any manner to farm property, nor shall this subsection (b) be construed to alter or amend any valid lease agreement in effect on May 31, 1979.    Code 1858, § 3342 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, § 2); Shan., § 5091; Code 1932, § 9245; Acts 1979, ch. 421, §§ 1-3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1602.
TN Code § 29-18-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-103. Forcible Detainer Defined

 A forcible detainer is where a person enters lawfully or peaceably, and holds unlawfully, and by any of the means enumerated in § 29-18-102 as constituting a forcible entry.   Code 1858, § 3343 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, § 3); Shan., § 5092; Code 1932, § 9246; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1603.
TN Code § 29-18-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-104. Unlawful Detainer Defined

 Unlawful detainer is where the defendant enters by contract, either as tenant or as assignee of a tenant, or as personal representative of a tenant, or as subtenant, or by collusion with a tenant, and, in either case, willfully and without force, holds over the possession from the landlord, or the assignee of the remainder or reversion.   Code 1858, § 3344 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, § 5); Shan., § 5093; Code 1932, § 9247; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1604.
TN Code § 29-18-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-105. Scope of Definitions

 Sections 29-18-101 — 29-18-104 extend to and comprehend terms for years, and all estates, whether freehold or less than freehold.   Code 1858, § 3345 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, § 4); Shan., § 5094; Code 1932, § 9248; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1605.
TN Code § 29-18-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-106. Alternative Actions

 Where the action is to recover real property, ejectment, or forcible or unlawful entry or detainer may be brought.   Code 1858, § 2750; Shan., § 4441; Code 1932, § 8567; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1606.
TN Code § 29-18-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-107. Jurisdiction of General Sessions Judge

 All cases of forcible entry and detainer, forcible detainer, and unlawful detainer, may be tried before any one (1) judge of the court of general sessions of the county in which the acts are committed, who shall decide the particular case, and all questions of law and fact arising.   Code 1858, § 3346 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186, § 1); Acts 1879, ch. 23; Shan., § 5095; Code 1932, § 9249; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1607.
TN Code § 29-18-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-108. Original Jurisdiction of Circuit Court

 The action for the recovery of the possession of land, given in this chapter, may also be originally instituted in the circuit court, the same forms being substantially pursued as those prescribed, the process being issued by the clerk, the plaintiff first giving bond and security to answer costs and damages as provided in § 29-18-111.   Code 1858, § 3366 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186, § 8); Shan., § 5115; Code 1932, § 9270; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1608.
TN Code § 29-18-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-109. Limitation of Actions

 The uninterrupted occupation or quiet possession of the premises in controversy by the defendant, for the space of three (3) entire years together, immediately preceding the commencement of the action, is, if the estate of the defendant has not determined within that time, a bar to any proceeding under this chapter.   Code 1858, § 3347 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, § 20); Shan., § 5096; Code 1932, § 9250; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1609.
TN Code § 29-18-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-110. Death of Parties

  The heir or representative of the person who might have been plaintiff, if alive, may bring the suit after the potential plantiff's death.   If either party die during the pendency of the suit, it may be revived by or against the heirs or legal representatives of the decedent, in the same manner and to the same extent as real actions.    Code 1858, §§ 3368, 3369 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 113, § 1); Shan., §§ 5118, 5119; Code 1932, §§ 9273, 9274; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1610.
TN Code § 29-18-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-111. Plaintiff's Bond

 The party complaining is required, before the issuance of the writ, to give bond, with good security, to pay all costs and damages which shall accrue to the defendant for the wrongful prosecution of the suit.   Code 1858, § 3348 (deriv. Acts 1822, ch. 35, § 1); Shan., § 5097; Code 1932, § 9251; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1611.
TN Code § 29-18-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-112. Form of Warrant

 The warrant may be issued by a single general sessions judge in the following form:   State of Tennessee,   To the sheriff or any constable of such county:   County.   Whereas, complaint is made to me by A B, of a certain forcible and unlawful entry and detainer, made by C D, into and of a certain tract or lot of land, situated in the county aforementioned, and bounded [or known and described] as follows [insert boundaries and description], which land A B alleges A B is entitled to the possession of, and C D unlawfully detains from A B: We, therefore, command you to summon C D to appear before some judge of the court of general sessions, in and for such county, to answer the above complaint.   This  day of  , 20 . E F, G.S.J.   Code 1858, § 3349 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186, § 1); impl. am. Acts 1879, ch. 23, § 1; Shan., § 5098; Code 1932, § 9252; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1612.
TN Code § 29-18-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-113. Notice to Quit Not Required

 No notice to quit need be given by the plaintiff to the defendant, other than the service of this warrant.   Code 1858, § 3351 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186, § 2); Shan., § 5100; Code 1932, § 9254; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1613.
TN Code § 29-18-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-114. Defects in Proceedings

 The warrant need not set forth the particular species of entry or detainer, and any defect therein, or in any of the proceedings, may be amended as other process and pleadings in court.   Code 1858, § 3350 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186, § 5); Shan., § 5099; Code 1932, § 9253; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1614.
TN Code § 29-18-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-116. Neglect to Execute Process

 Any officer neglecting or refusing to execute any process, under this chapter, shall forfeit two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to the party aggrieved, to be recovered with costs before any tribunal having jurisdiction thereof.   Code 1858, § 3373; Shan., § 5123; Code 1932, § 9278; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1616.
TN Code § 29-18-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-117. Time of Trial

 The officer serving the warrant shall notify the defendant of the time and place of trial, the time not to be less than six (6) days from the date of service.   Code 1858, § 3352 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186, § 2); Shan., § 5101; Code 1932, § 9255; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1617.
TN Code § 29-18-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-118. Postponement of Trial

 The general sessions judge may, at the request of either party, and on good reason being assigned, postpone the trial to any time not exceeding fifteen (15) days. The postponement shall not be for a longer period of time unless agreed upon by the parties, no civil court is being conducted, or upon request of the plaintiff, the party making the application for postponement paying the costs.   Code 1858, § 3355 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, § 15); impl. am. Acts 1879, ch. 23, § 1; Shan., § 5104; Code 1932, § 9258; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1618; Acts 2010, ch. 809, § 1.   Collateral References. 36A C.J.S. Forcible Entry and Detainer § 31.   Forcible entry and detainer 31-36.
TN Code § 29-18-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings|Chapter 18 - Forcible Entry and Detainer|§ 29-18-119. Manner of Trial — Title Not Inquired Into

  The cause shall be tried at the time and place designated, by a single general sessions judge, without the intervention of a jury, and in all respects like other civil suits before the court of general sessions.   The general sessions judge will try every case upon its merits and ascertain whether the plaintiff or defendant is entitled to the possession of the premises agreeably to the laws governing such cases, and give judgment accordingly.   The estate, or merits of the title, shall not be inquired into.    Code 1858, §§ 3353, 3354; (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 14, § 20 and Acts 1841-1842, ch. 186, §§ 1, 2); impl. am. Acts 1879, ch. 23, § 1; Shan., §§ 5102, 5103; Code 1932, §§ 9256, 9257; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 23-1619, 23-1620; Acts 1991, ch. 273, § 40.