Tennessee § 30-2-401 - Jurisdiction to sell realty — Procedure.
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§ 30-2-401. Jurisdiction to sell realty — Procedure.
The probate court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the chancery and circuit courts to sell real estate of decedents and for distribution or partition, and the mode of procedure in such a case in the probate court shall conform in every respect to the rules and regulations laid down for the conduct of similar causes in the chancery and circuit courts. Acts 1873, ch. 64, §§ 1, 2; Shan., § 4067; Code 1932, § 8263; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-601. Cross-References. Execution of contract to convey by representative, title 66, ch. 4, part 1. Exemption of functions of executors or administrators, from real estate brokers' licensing law, § 62-13-104 . Judicial power to decree sale, § 16-1-107 . Jurisdiction of chancery courts of probate and related matters, title 16, chapter 16, part 2. “Real estate” defined, § 1-3-105 . Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 614. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), Nos. 4-1111, 4-1202, 4-1203. Law Reviews. Non-Tax Aspects of Estate Planning (Ronald Lee Gilman), 2 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 41 (1972). The Tennessee Court System (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 189 (1978). The Tennessee Court System — Circuit Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 241 (1978).
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