“Person,” wherever used in this chapter, is construed to mean any person, partnership, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, or society, or municipal or other corporation of any character whatsoever.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-14-101
Definition of person
Applied in 19 court decisions — leading case Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City (1985)
Most recently applied in Memphis Bonding Company, Inc. v. Criminal Court of Tennessee 30th District (November 2015)
Acts 1923, ch. 29, § 13; Shan
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