Tennessee § 30-1-305 - Appointment of administrator.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 30-1-305 — Appointment of administrator., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 30-1-305. Appointment of administrator.
Upon the filing of the bill, the court in term, or chancellor or judge in vacation, at chambers, shall appoint an administrator of the estate, upon such terms as the court, chancellor or judge may think best. Code 1858, § 2213 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 177, § 1); Shan., § 3947; Code 1932, § 8159; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-305. Cross-References. Chancery court, concurrent jurisdiction to appoint, § 16-11-113 . Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 575. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281 (1978).
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