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NEWPORT HOUSING AUTHORITY v. BALLARD

839 S.W.2d 86 (1992)

NEWPORT HOUSING AUTHORITY, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Linda T. BALLARD, Defendant/Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

September 28, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Armstrong, Morristown, for appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Diane M. Nisbet, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for the State.

John A. Bell, Newport, for appellee.

OPINION

O'BRIEN, Justice.

In this appeal of a landlord-tenant dispute we are asked to rule upon whether a defendant in an unlawful detainer action, brought under T.C.A. § 29-18-101 et seq., has the constitutional right to a jury trial in a general sessions court.

The appellee, Newport Housing Authority, caused a detainer warrant to be issued against tenant, Linda Ballard. At the detainer warrant hearing in general sessions court Ms. Ballard...

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