Every county is a corporation and the members of the legislative body of each county assembled are the representatives of the county and authorized to act for it.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-103
Corporate capacity
Code 1858, § 402; Shan., § 493; Code 1932, § 739; Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 1; T.C.A
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