When a defendant, whether a natural person or a corporation, is adjudged guilty of usurping, unlawfully holding, or exercising any office or franchise, judgment shall be rendered that such defendant be excluded from the office or franchise, and that defendant pay the costs.
Code 1858, § 3424; Shan., § 5180; Code 1932, § 9351; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2816.
Collateral References. 65 Am. Jur. 2d Quo Warranto §§ 115-118, 131.
37 C.J.S. Franchises § 31; 67 C.J.S. Officers §§ 83-85.
Office 86-89.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 35 - Usurpation or Forfeiture of Office or Franchise — Corporate Misdeeds
§ 29-35-101. Grounds for Action
§ 29-35-102. Corporate Officers — Trustees
§ 29-35-103. Attachment of Corporate Property After Nonuse or Assignment of Franchise
§ 29-35-104. Naming Proper Claimant to Office — Adjudication of Rights
§ 29-35-105. Judgment for Claimant to Office
§ 29-35-106. Damages for Usurpation of Office
§ 29-35-107. Adjudication Among Several Claimants to Office
§ 29-35-108. Election Contests
§ 29-35-109. Officers Entitled to Bring Suit
§ 29-35-110. Suit on Relation of Private Individual
§ 29-35-111. Bill in Equity — Venue
§ 29-35-112. Contents of Bill — Conduct of Suit
§ 29-35-113. Extraordinary Process
§ 29-35-114. Answer — Evidence in Criminal Actions
§ 29-35-116. Judgment of Exclusion From Office or Franchise
§ 29-35-117. Judgment of Dissolution — Escheat of Corporate Property
§ 29-35-118. Receiver for Corporation in Dissolution
§ 29-35-119. Costs Paid by State