{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-29-16-104","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-16-104","heading":"Petition","body":"The person seeking to appropriate such land shall file a petition in the circuit court of the county in which the land lies, setting forth, in substance:\n(1) The parcel of land or rights therein or incident thereto a portion of which is wanted, and the extent wanted;\n(2) The name of the owner of such land or rights, or, if unknown, stating the fact;\n(3) The object for which the land, etc., is wanted; and\n(4) A prayer that a suitable portion of land or rights may be decreed to the petitioner, and set apart by metes and bounds, or other proper mode.","path":["TN Code","Title 29","Chapter 16"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"39bd34e572facdd70d7d4f396fa426ae6f631808e9e31397bb6b4fe8b6cb43d2","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-29-16-103","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-29-16-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}