Right to writ

A writ of error lies from the final judgment of the court of general sessions to the circuit or proper appellate court, and from the circuit and chancery court to such appellate court, in all cases where an appeal in the nature of a writ of error would have lain. Code 1858, § 3176 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, §§ 37, 65, 67; 1827, ch. 50, § 1); Shan., § 4911; mod. Code 1932, §9063; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-601. A writ of error lies from the final judgment of the court of general sessions to the circuit or proper appellate court, and from the circuit and chancery court to such appellate court, in all cases where an appeal in the nature of a writ of error would have lain. Code 1858, § 3176 (deriv. Acts 1794, ch. 1, §§ 37, 65, 67; 1827, ch. 50, § 1); Shan., § 4911; mod. Code 1932, §9063; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 27-601.