Tennessee § 29-27-101 - Persons entitled.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-27-101 — Persons entitled., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 29-27-101. Persons entitled.
Any person having an estate of inheritance, or for life, or for years, in lands, and holding or being in possession thereof, as tenant in common or otherwise, with others, is entitled to partition thereof, or sale for partition, under this chapter. Code 1858, § 3262 (deriv. Acts 1787, ch. 17, § 1; 1789, ch. 24, § 1; 1799, ch. 11, § 1; 1815, ch. 123, § 1; 1853-1854, ch. 48, § 1); Shan., § 5010; Code 1932, § 9165; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2101. Cross-References. Clerk's fees, § 8-21-401 . Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 278, 484. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 652. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 1-8-8. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 10 Tenn. Juris., Equitable Conversion, § 8; 11 Tenn. Juris., Equity, § 100; 11 Tenn. Juris., Estates, § 10; 20 Tenn. Juris., Partition, §§ 5, 9, 10. Law Reviews. Bringing Tennessee into the Twentieth Century Re Possibilities of Reverter, Powers of Termination and Executory Interests When Used as Land Control Devices (Nicholas L. White), 15 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 555 (1985). Real Property — 1957 Tennessee Survey (Thomas G. Roady, Jr.), 10 Vand. L. Rev. 1188. Survey of Tennessee Property Law, VI. Easements and Servitudes (Toxey H. Sewell), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 187. Survey of Tennessee Property Law, II. Estates in Land (Beverly A. Rowlett), 48 Tenn. L. Rev. 55 (1980). Comparative Legislation. Partition: Ala. Code § 35-6-1 et seq. Ark. Code § 18-60-417 et seq. Ga. O.C.G.A. § 44-6-140 et seq. Ky. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 381.135 et seq. Miss. Code Ann. § 11-21-1 et seq. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 528.010 et seq. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 46-1 et seq. Va. Code § 8.01-81 et seq. Cited: Wilson v. Hayes, 29 Tenn. App. 49, 193 S.W.2d 107, 1945 Tenn. App. LEXIS 109 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1945); Edminston Corp. v. Carpenter, 540 S.W.2d 260, 1976 Tenn. App. LEXIS 243 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1976); Gray v. Todd, 819 S.W.2d 104, 1991 Tenn. App. LEXIS 486 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991); Allison v. Hagan, 211 S.W.3d 255, 2006 Tenn. App. LEXIS 415 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006); Gilley v. Gilley, — S.W.3d —, 2010 Tenn. App. LEXIS 32 (Tenn. Ct. App. Jan. 20, 2010); Roberts v. Roberts, — S.W.3d —, 2011 Tenn. App. LEXIS 197 (Tenn. Ct. App. Apr. 19, 2011).
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Section 29-27-101 ("Persons entitled.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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