20-11-108 - General sessions court proceedings on appeal. - Tennessee Statutes

20-11-108. General sessions court proceedings on appeal.

In appeals from courts of general sessions, the circuit court shall supply any defect in the proceedings of the inferior jurisdiction, as though the suit had been commenced in the circuit court.

[Code 1858, § 2875 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 21; 1837-1838, ch. 130, § 1); Shan., § 4595; Code 1932, § 8719; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1514.]