Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-17-705: Trial by jury

If no objection be made to the acquisition of the land, or in case there is an agreed price between the petitioner and the presumptive or apparent owners of the property, the trial may be had before a jury at the first term of court after the return date; and in the discretion of the presiding judge all questions of title may be tried by the same jury at the same time.