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TN Code › Title 29 › Chapter 16 › Section 29-16-104

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The person seeking to appropriate such land shall file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which the land lies, setting forth, in substance: (1) The parcel of land or rights therein or incident thereto a portion of which is wanted, and the extent wanted; (2) The name of the owner of such land or rights, or, if unknown, stating the fact; (3) The object for which the land, etc., is wanted; and (4) A prayer that a suitable portion of land or rights may be decreed to the petitioner, and set apart by metes and bounds, or other proper mode. Code 1858, § 1326; Shan., § 1845; mod. Code 1932, § 3110; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1404.

The person seeking to appropriate such land shall file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which the land lies, setting forth, in substance:

(1) The parcel of land or rights therein or incident thereto a portion of which is wanted, and the extent wanted;

(2) The name of the owner of such land or rights, or, if unknown, stating the fact;

(3) The object for which the land, etc., is wanted; and

(4) A prayer that a suitable portion of land or rights may be decreed to the petitioner, and set apart by metes and bounds, or other proper mode.

Code 1858, § 1326; Shan., § 1845; mod. Code 1932, § 3110; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1404.

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