When any chancellor is incompetent to try any cause in the court for which the chancellor is responsible, a circuit judge may hear and determine the cause as chancellor, for which purpose the clerk of the chancery court shall bring before the chancellor all the papers in the cause, and the necessary entries shall be made on the minutes of the chancery court, and signed by the circuit judge presiding.
Code 1858, § 3922 (deriv. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 126, § 1); Shan., § 5718; Code 1932, § 9904; T.C.A. (orig. ed), § 17-218; Acts 2012, ch. 789, § 4.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 17 - Judges and Chancellors
Chapter 2 - Special Judges and Interchange
§ 17-2-101. Grounds of Incompetency
§ 17-2-102. Incompetency of Supreme Court Judges
§ 17-2-103. Powers of Special Supreme Court Judges
§ 17-2-104. Sickness of Judges of Supreme Court
§ 17-2-105. Special Judges for Appellate Courts
§ 17-2-106. Compensation of Special Supreme Court Judge
§ 17-2-107. General Sessions Judges
§ 17-2-111. Expenses of Assigned Judge or Chancellor
§ 17-2-112. Transfers From Chancery to Circuit Court Because of Incompetency
§ 17-2-113. Circuit Judge Acting as Chancellor
§ 17-2-115. Certification of Incompetency to Governor
§ 17-2-116. Disability of Judges or Chancellors
§ 17-2-117. Powers of Special Judges or Chancellors