All parties having any interest in any way in such land or rights may be made defendants, and the proceedings shall only cover and affect the interest of those who are actually made parties, unborn remaindermen being, however, bound by proceedings to which all living persons in interest are parties.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-16-106
Parties defendant
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 256 F. Supp. 2d 754 - Tennessee Ex Rel. City of Cookville v. Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corp. (2003)
Most recently applied in 360 F. Supp. 2d 873 - City of Cookeville v. Upper Cumberland Electric Membership Corp. (March 2005)
Code 1858, § 1329; Shan., § 1848; mod
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