Executions shall be levied on the goods and chattels of the defendant, in the first instance, if any there be; but if, to the best of the officer's knowledge, there be no such goods and chattels, or not sufficient to answer the plaintiff's demands, the same shall be executed upon the lands and tenements.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 26-3-101
Personalty levied on first
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Cumberland Bank v. Smith (2000)
Most recently applied in Cumberland Bank v. Smith (October 2000)
Code 1858, § 3026 (deriv
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