The petition and answer shall constitute the only pleadings allowed, and all allegations in the answer shall be deemed controverted, and any and all questions as to the sufficiency of the petition or complaint shall be raised and determined upon the trial of the case, and if such petition or complaint is held to be insufficient in form, the same shall be amended at once, and such amendment shall not delay the trial of the case.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-47-115
Pleadings
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State Ex Rel. Jones v. Looper (2000)
Most recently applied in State of Tennessee v. Les Stiers (August 2018)
Acts 1915, ch. 11, § 6; Shan., § 1135a11; Code 1932, § 1887; T.C.A
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.