Tennessee § 31-3-105 - Disposition of insurance proceeds.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 31-3-105 — Disposition of insurance proceeds., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 31-3-105. Disposition of insurance proceeds.
Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is no sufficient evidence that they have died otherwise than simultaneously, the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary. Acts 1941, ch. 59, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 8407.5 (Williams, § 8407.4); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 31-505. Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 917.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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