action. Newsome v. White, No. M2001-03014-COA-R3-CV, 2003 WL 22994288, at *2 (Tenn.Ct.App. Dec.22, 2003). Once that is determined, the court must determine whether the Constitution of Tennessee, the General Assembly, or the common law have conferred the power to adjudicate cases of that sort on the court. Newsome v. White, 2003 WL 22994288, at *2. Subject matter jurisdiction is generally defined by statute or the constitution. Meighan, 924 S.W.2d at 639. The General Assembly vested subject matter jurisdiction over condemnation proceedings in the Circuit Court. Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-16-104; see McLain v. State, 59 Tenn.App. 529, 442 S.W.2d 637, 639 (1968); see also H.J.L., L.P. v. Nashville & Eastern R.R. Corp., No. 01A01-9811-CH-00589, 1999 WL 499741, at *3 (Tenn.Ct.App. July 16, 1999)(<HOLDING>). We have, however, held that the Chancery
holding that federal jurisdiction over rico claims is concurrent and not exclusive holding that in condemnation proceedings the landowner has the burden of establishing the value of the property holding the circuit court has exclusive jurisdiction over condemnation proceedings holding that when the district court improperly purported to transfer to the circuit court an action over which the circuit court lacked subjectmatter jurisdiction the circuit court was without jurisdiction to enter its judgment which was void and dismissing the appeal from that void judgment holding that because the circuit court did not have subjectmatter jurisdiction over the unlawfuldetainer action the district courts unauthorized transfer of the action could not transfer jurisdiction over that action to the circuit court