Any appeal, order, decision, ruling or action of the commission affecting any utility as defined in § 65-4-101, exclusive of railroads or common carriers, or any company engaged in the transmission of intelligence or communications, shall be filed in a court of record of competent jurisdiction in the county in which the dispute or matters in controversy arose; and no other nisi prius court of this state shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such appeal. In the event of an appeal from the judgment or order of circuit or chancery court reviewing such order, or judgment, such appeal shall be prosecuted to the court of appeals in the grand division of the state in which the dispute or matters in controversy arose; and any appeal therefrom shall be perfected to the supreme court.Acts 1935, ch. 46, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 5470.1; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 69, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 65-437; Acts 1993, ch. 23, § 1; T.C.A., § 65-4-120; Acts 1995, ch. 305, § 20.
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