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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 16 - Courts
Chapter 11 - Chancery Courts
Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers
§ 16-11-113. Appointment of Administrator
Universal Citation: TN Code § 16-11-113 (2020)
The chancery court may appoint an administrator of a decedent's estate six (6) months after the decedent's death, where no person can be procured to administer in the usual way, as provided in title 30, chapter 3.
Code 1858, § 4304 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 177, § 1); Shan., § 6114; Code 1932, § 10382; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-615.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 11 Tenn. Juris., Equity, §§ 30, 35; 12 Tenn. Juris., Executors and Administrators, § 6; 17 Tenn. Juris., Jurisdiction § 23.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281.
Cited: Dick v. Dick, 223 Tenn. 228, 443 S.W.2d 472, 1969 Tenn. LEXIS 407 (1969).
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