Tennessee Code 65-4-121 – Appeals
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 65-4-121
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Any appeal, order, decision, ruling or action of the commission affecting any utility as defined in § 65-4-101, exclusive of railroads or common carriers, or any company engaged in the transmission of intelligence or communications, shall be filed in a court of record of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the dispute or matters in controversy arose; and no other nisi prius court of this state shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such appeal. In the event of an appeal from the judgment or order of circuit or chancery court reviewing such order, or judgment, such appeal shall be prosecuted to the court of appeals in the grand division of the state in which the dispute or matters in controversy arose; and any appeal therefrom shall be perfected to the supreme court.