The petition or complaint shall be in the name of the state and may be filed upon the relation of the attorney general and reporter, or the district attorney general for the state, or the county attorney in the case of county officers, and of the city attorney, or the district attorney general, in the case of municipal officers; and in all cases it may be filed, without the concurrence of any of such officers, upon the relation of ten (10) or more citizens and freeholders of the state, county, or city, as the case may be, upon their giving the usual security for costs.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-47-110
Petition in name of state — Filing by relators
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State Ex Rel. Carney v. Crosby (2008)
Most recently applied in State Ex Rel. Carney v. Crosby (January 2008)
Acts 1915, ch. 11, § 3; Shan., § 1135a3; Code 1932, § 1879; T.C.A
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