29-25-106 - Filing of answer. - Tennessee Statutes

29-25-106. Filing of answer.

On the return day of the alternative writ, or on such further day as the court may allow, the party on whom the writ has been served may show cause by a sworn answer, and issue may be made thereon, and tried accordingly.

[Code 1858, § 3570; Shan., § 5334; Code 1932, § 9494; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2006.]