Such party shall, within sixty (60) days from the entry of the order or judgment, file a petition of certiorari in the chancery court of any county in which any one (1) or more of the petitioners, or any one (1) or more of the material defendants reside, or have their principal office, stating briefly the issues involved in the cause, the substance of the order or judgment complained of, the respects in which the petitioner claims the order or judgment is erroneous, and praying for an accordant review.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 27-9-102
Filing and contents of petition
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case Kay v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes (2007)
Most recently applied in Hirt v. Metro. Bd. of Zoning Appeals of the Metro. Gov't of Nashville (December 2016)
Code 1932, § 9008; T.C.A
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