Cases in which writ lies
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case McCallen v. City of Memphis (1990)
Most recently applied in State of Tennessee, on Relation of v. Calvin Howell v. Jimmy Farris (March 2018)
Code 1858, § 3124; Shan., § 4854; Code 1932, § 8990; T.C.A
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) Certiorari lies: On suggestion of diminution;
(2) Where no appeal is given;
(3) As a substitute for appeal;
(4) Instead of audita querela; or
(5) Instead of writ of error.
(6) This section does not apply to actions governed by the Tennessee Rules of Appellate Procedure.
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.