Corporate capacity

Every county is a corporation and the members of the legislative body of each county assembled are the representatives of the county and authorized to act for it. Code 1858, § 402; Shan., § 493; Code 1932, § 739; Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-103. Every county is a corporation and the members of the legislative body of each county assembled are the representatives of the county and authorized to act for it. Code 1858, § 402; Shan., § 493; Code 1932, § 739; Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-103.