Tennessee § 16-11-111 Partition or sale of property

Tennessee Statutes

§ 16-11-111 — Partition or sale of property

Tennessee § 16-11-111

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-11-111 (2026).

Text

The chancery court has jurisdiction, concurrent with the circuit and county courts, of proceedings for the partition or sale of estates by personal representatives, guardians, heirs, or tenants in common, and for the sale of land at the instance of creditors of the decedent, if the personal property is insufficient to satisfy the debts of the estate.

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Legislative History

Code 1858, § 4302 (deriv. Acts 1787, ch. 17; 1835-1836, ch. 20, § 1); Shan., § 6112; mod. Code 1932, § 10380; Acts 1976, ch. 529, § 4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-613.