2020 Tennessee Code
Title 66 - Property
Chapter 5 - Conveyances of Property
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 66-5-101. Grants or Devises Passing Full Estate
Every grant or devise of real estate, or any interest therein, shall pass all the estate or interest of the grantor or devisor, unless the intent to pass a less estate or interest shall appear by express terms, or be necessarily implied in the terms of the instrument.
Code 1858, § 2006 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 33); Shan., § 3672; Code 1932, § 7597; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-501.
Cross-References. Deeds of officers as prima facie evidence of facts recited, §24-5-101.
Estates in property, title 66, ch. 1.
Estate with unlimited power of disposition, §66-1-106.
Execution by minor veterans, §58-3-103.
Operation of devise, §§32-3-101,32-3-102.
Transfer to class of persons, effect of death of one person before time of enjoyment, §32-3-104.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 98.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Adverse Possession, § 34; 9 Tenn. Juris., Deeds, §§ 22, 25; 11 Tenn. Juris., Evidence, § 45; 21 Tenn. Juris., Remainders, Reversions and Executory Interests, §§ 15, 35; 25 Tenn. Juris., Wills, § 132.
Law Reviews.
Survey of Tennessee Property Law, II. Estates in General (Toxey H. Sewell), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 161.
