Terms Used In Tennessee Code 54-22-105

  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. 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 person claiming title to land presumed to be owned by the state shall have the right to file an action at law in inverse eminent domain within two (2) years from the date actual possession is taken, saving, however, to unknown owners and nonresidents, twelve (12) months after actual knowledge of possession, not exceeding two (2) years, and saving to persons under the disabilities of infancy and unsoundness of mind, twelve (12) months after the disability is removed, but not exceeding two (2) years, except those claims required to be asserted as a compulsory counterclaim.