Any suit at law or equity brought for the recovery of the lands or tenements bargained or contracted for, whether the agreement, sale, bargain, covenant, grant, or promise be executed or executory, shall be forthwith dismissed, with costs, by the court in which such suit may be pending, upon the facts being disclosed.
Code 1858, § 1778 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 66, § 1); Shan., § 3173; Code 1932, § 7825; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-408; modified.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 4 - Contracts to Convey Real Property
§ 66-4-201. Champertous Sales of Pretended Interest Prohibited
§ 66-4-202. Sale Without Possession
§ 66-4-203. Dismissal of Suit on Disclosure of Facts
§ 66-4-204. Bona Fide Sales Unimpaired
§ 66-4-205. Presumption of Champerty From Sale of Land Adversely Held by Another