Petitioners' names may be signed by attorney or agent

It shall be a sufficient signing, in the sense of this chapter, of the names of petitioners to the petitions provided for in this part, if their names are signed by their attorney at law or by an agent authorized so to do. Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 35; Shan., § 3871a136; Code 1932, § 4371; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-747; T.C.A. § 69-6-139 . It shall be a sufficient signing, in the sense of this chapter, of the names of petitioners to the petitions provided for in this part, if their names are signed by their attorney at law or by an agent authorized so to do. Acts 1909, ch. 185, § 35; Shan., § 3871a136; Code 1932, § 4371; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 70-747; T.C.A. § 69-6-139 .