WPC # VUNa % 0(w@4 1 UP@  0J 0T 0^6 0h 0r 0|n 0 0p 1u 0du U> U6B)MDCv AM BU*#Mv~\v D3 0@ AO o 0D5 D/y BHP LaserJet 4 PlusHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0nLh(hH  Z 6Times New Roman RegularX($ DDDDӀڃ"T@\3|x&@FZ 8CaslonOpnface BT Regular2 0Indent123  2" 0Indent20 23  2, 0Indent30 0 23  26 0Indent40 0 0 23  2@ 0Indent50 0 0 0 23  2J 0Indent60 0 0 0 0 23  2T 0Indent70 0 0 0 0 0 23  2^ 0Indent80 0 0 0 0 0 0 23   ?AGMSYaioIndent0I.A.1.a.(1)(a)i)a)P 8Mac DefaultMac Default ` X<  9p`(&Times New Roman<  9p`(Courier New% Line 7 d""""7Border 1dd-#C << G d<  9p`(Arial  !#d#   &&   YYY FILED&X December9,1997CecilCrowson,Jr.&AppellateCourtClerk PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'`Styl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   ion-F Geneva  ion-F Geneva %%%%'dxd("$    -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd ! .    P !\RA'\7lXXdd7  R$'#A1-j|`  `@Rߛ @ INTHECOURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEETRWKOYOSTEERINGSYSTEMS )C/ANO.03A019706CH00216COMPANY,     )      )  PetitionerAppellee,)      )      )      )v.      )APPEALASOFRIGHTFROMTHE      )MONROECOUNTYCHANCERYCOURT      )      )      )      )      )JOHND.SNAVELY,   )      )HONORABLEEARLH.HENLEY,  RespondentAppellant.)CHANCELLORForAppellant     ForAppelleeJOHND.SNAVELY,ProSe   JERRIS.BRYANTHuntsville,Alabama    Carter,Harrod&Cunningham       Athens,Tennessee@    OPINION!!XAFFIRMEDANDREMANDED       Susano,J.  Thisisasuitfordeclaratoryjudgment.Thepetitioner,TRWKoyoSteeringSystemsCompany( TRWKoyo),seeksadeclarationthatadocumentfiledbythedefendant,JohnD.Snavely( Snavely),intheMonroeCountyRegisterofDeedsofficeisacloudonitstitletorealpropertyinMonroeCounty.ThetrialcourtgrantedTRWKoyosummaryjudgment,decreeingthatthepurportedlienfiledbySnavely is...ofnolegaleffectand,thus,isliftedandremovedfrom[TRWKoyos]title.Snavelyappealedprose.  Wemustdecideanewifsummaryjudgmentisappropriateinthiscase. Gonzalesv.AlmanConst.Co .,857S.W.2d42,4445(Tenn.App.1993).TRWKoyoisentitledtosummaryjudgmentiftherecordbeforeus show[s]thatthereisnogenuineissueastoanymaterialfactandthatthemovingpartyisentitledtoajudgmentasamatteroflaw.Rule56.04,Tenn.R.Civ.P.Wemustdecideaquestionoflaw:Dothefactsbeforeusshowthatthemovingparty,TRWKoyo,isentitledtojudgmentinasummaryfashion?See Gonzales ,857S.W.2dat44.  Snavelyclaimsa commonlawlienonpropertyofTRWKoyobyvirtueofadocumentfiledintheMonroeCountyRegisterofDeedsoffice.Thedocumentisfivepagesinlengthandisentitled NoticeandServiceofaCommonLawLien.ItisdirectedatrealpropertyinthatcountydeededtoTRWKoyobywarrantydeeddatedandfiledofrecordonAugust3,1988.Accordingtothewarrantydeed,TRWKoyoisapartnershipcomposedofTRWAsianSteering,Inc.andKoyoDelaware,Inc.,bothofwhichareidentifiedinthedeedasDelawarecorporations.  Snavelys commonlawlienincludesa DeclarationinCaseforSlander.Itseeksdamagesof$20,000,000againstV.A.Smith,President,TRWCreditDataDivision;TRWCreditDataDivision;JosephT.Gorman,PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer,TRWIncorporated;andTRWIncorporated.Itisnotexpresslydirectedtotheappellee,TRWKoyo.Snavelys commonlawlienendswiththesentence andthereforehebringshissuit.  ThetrialcourtwascorrectingrantingTRWKoyosummaryjudgment.Whilethe commonlawlienwasexpresslydirectedatpropertyownedbyTRWKoyo,itdemonstratesabsolutelynoclaim,ofanykind,againstTRWKoyo.Infact,thepurportedlienisnolienatall.Itdoesnotsatisfythestatutoryrequirementsforajudgmentlien,seeT.C.A.255101(b),oralienlispendens,seeT.C.A.203101.Itisnothingmorethanastatementofaclaimagainstindividualsandentities,noneofwhomownaninterestintherealpropertyinquestion.WefindandholdthatTRWKoyoisentitledtotheremovalofthis lienasacloudonitstitle.  Thejudgmentofthetrialcourtisaffirmed.Costsonappealaretaxedagainsttheappellant.Thiscaseisremandedtothetrialcourt,fortheenforcementofthatcourtsjudgmentandcollectionofcostsassessedbelow,allpursuanttoapplicablelaw.       __________________________         CharlesD.Susano,Jr.,J.̜CONCUR:________________________HoustonM.Goddard,P.J.________________________̜HerschelP.Franks,J.