Where the action is to recover specific personal property, if the party seeks to recover the possession only at the end of the suit, the party may bring detinue.
Code 1858, § 2749; Shan., § 4440; Code 1932, § 8566; Acts 1973, ch. 365, § 12(a); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2301.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 30 - Recovery of Personal Property
§ 29-30-203. Procedure After Personal Service but Failure to Get Property
§ 29-30-204. Publication on Nonresident
§ 29-30-205. Clerk's Liability for Insufficient Bond
§ 29-30-206. Trial Without Personal Service
§ 29-30-208. Judgment for Defendant
§ 29-30-209. Failure to Return Goods Under Alternative Judgment for Defendant
§ 29-30-210. Exemplary Damages
§ 29-30-213. Execution of General Sessions Judge's Writ
§ 29-30-214. General Sessions Court Judgment for Defendant