Tennessee § 66-1-103 - Rule in Shelley's case abolished.
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§ 66-1-103. Rule in Shelley's case abolished.
Where a remainder is limited to the heirs or to the heirs of the body of a person, to whom a life estate in the same premises is given, the persons who, on the termination of the life estate, are heirs or heirs of body of such tenant, shall take as purchasers, by virtue of the remainder so limited to them. Code 1858, § 2008 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 91, § 1); Shan., § 3674; Code 1932, § 7600; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-103. Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 437, 438. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 11 Tenn. Juris., Estates, § 8; 21 Tenn. Juris., Remainders, Reversions and Executory Interests, §§ 7, 19, 23; 25 Tenn. Juris., Wills, § 135. Law Reviews. Destructibility of Contingent Remainders in Tennessee, I. Natural Termination (Jack D. Jones and William R. Heck), 42 Tenn. L. Rev. 761 (1975).
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