Any person may conduct and manage the person's own case in any court of this state.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 23-1-109
Party acting as own attorney
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Wright v. Quillen (1995)
Most recently applied in Linda Beard v. James William Branson (August 2017)
Code 1858, § 3979; Shan., § 5791; Code 1932, § 9982; T.C.A
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Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.