Persons holding possession in good faith, under color of title, are entitled to have the value of their permanent improvements setoff against the rents and profits which the plaintiff may recover.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-15-123
Improvements setoff
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Uhlhorn v. Keltner (1986)
Most recently applied in Rogers v. Davis (May 2004)
Code 1858, § 3261 (deriv
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