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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 20 - Civil Procedure
Chapter 5 - Abatement and Survival of Actions
§ 20-5-108. Continuation of Decedent's Action
Universal Citation: TN Code § 20-5-108 (2020)
- If the deceased had commenced an action before the deceased's death, it shall proceed without necessity of revivor.
- The damages shall go to the surviving spouse and next of kin free from the claims of creditors.
Code 1858, § 2293; Shan., § 4028; mod. Code 1932, § 8238; Acts 1975, ch. 284, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-609.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 151, 638.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 2 Tenn. Juris., Appeal and Error, § 31.
Law Reviews.
Some Order Out of Chaos in Wrongful Death Law (T. A. Smedley), 37 Vand. L. Rev. 273 (1984).
Cited: Stanford v. Holloway, 25 Tenn. App. 379, 157 S.W.2d 864, 1941 Tenn. App. LEXIS 120 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1941); Memphis S. R. Co. v. Cooper, 203 Tenn. 425, 313 S.W.2d 444, 1958 Tenn. LEXIS 321 (1958); Johnson v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County, 665 S.W.2d 717, 1984 Tenn. LEXIS 745 (Tenn. 1984).
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