The Tennessee Court of Errors and Appeals was established by the Tennessee legislature in 1809 as the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals.
[1] Though Tennessee's original constitution did not call for a Supreme Court, at the Constitutional Convention of 1834 the Tennessee Supreme Court was created as its own entity, replacing the Court of Errors and Appeals.
[1] Section 23 of the Acts of 1809, Chapter 48 called for the court to have two judges, elected by both houses of the General Assembly, and one Circuit judge.
[1] The Acts of 1811 Chapter 72 Section 4 gave exclusive jurisdiction for equity cases to the Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals and divested equity jurisdiction from the Circuit Courts.
[1] The Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals first divided its equity docket as a result of Chapters XII and XIV of the Acts of 1822.