2020 Tennessee Code
Title 28 - Limitation of Actions
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 28-1-110. Suspension Pending Administration of Estate
The time between the death of a person and the grant of letters testamentary or of administration on such person's estate, not exceeding six (6) months, and the six (6) months within which a personal representative is exempt from suit, is not to be taken as a part of the time limited for commencing actions which lie against the personal representative.
Code 1858, § 2760; Shan., § 4451; Code 1932, § 8577; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 28-111.
Cross-References. Time limitation in actions against representatives, §30-2-501.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 707.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 12 Tenn. Juris., Executors and Administrators, § 99.
Law Reviews.
Note, Laches at Law in Tennessee, 28 U. Mem. L. Rev. 211 (1997).
