2020 Tennessee Code
Title 20 - Civil Procedure
Chapter 5 - Abatement and Survival of Actions
§ 20-5-104. Revival by or Against Heirs
If no person will administer on the estate of a deceased plaintiff or defendant, the suit may be revived by or against the heirs of the decedent.
Code 1858, § 2849 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 121, § 3); Shan., § 4571; Code 1932, § 8696; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-605.
Cross-References. Descent and distribution, §§31-1-101,31-2-101.
Revival of judgment against heirs, §25-4-104.
Substitution of parties, Tenn. R. Civ. P. 25.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 70.
Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 709, 714, 857.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Abatement, Survival and Revival, §§ 26-33.
Cited: Owens v. State, 710 S.W.2d 518, 1986 Tenn. LEXIS 831 (Tenn. 1986); Timmins v. Lindsey, 310 S.W.3d 834, 2009 Tenn. App. LEXIS 731 (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 28, 2009).
