The courts are all vested with power to appoint receivers for the safekeeping, collection, management, and disposition of property in litigation in such court, whenever necessary to the ends of substantial justice, in like manner as receivers are appointed by courts of chancery.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-1-103
Receivers pending litigation
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case First American Trust Co. v. Franklin-Murray Development Co., L.P. (2001)
Most recently applied in Delwin L. Huggins v. R.Ellsworth McKee (May 2016)
Code 1858, § 3768; Shan., § 5549; Code 1932, § 9719; T.C.A
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.