Tenn. Code Ann. § 54-5-126: Judge hearing suit - Procedure

(a) Where suit is brought by any claimant or claimants before a judge of the court of general sessions, the voucher or warrant shall be payable to the order of the judge before whom the suit is pending, but no judge shall endorse or have cashed the voucher or warrant until the disposition of the case or cases pending, when the judge may endorse and deliver the voucher or warrant to the party entitled to the voucher or warrant, or endorse and cash the voucher or warrant for the purpose of distribution of the proceeds to the parties entitled to the proceeds.

(b) In all instances where the commissioner's decision is appealed unless the voucher or warrant is endorsed and cashed for the purposes of partial distribution, the judge shall endorse the voucher or warrant to the circuit court clerk on appeal and transmit it with the appeal papers.

(c) Where the judge endorses and cashes the voucher or warrant for partial distribution, if any one (1) of several claimants appeals to the circuit court, the appellant shall transmit, with the appeal papers, cash equal to the amount of the claim concerning which the appeal or appeals are taken.