Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-27-101 (2026)
Persons entitled
✓ current as of May 2026
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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 29
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case: In Re Est. of White, 77 S.W.3d 765 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001).
In Re Est. of White, 77 S.W.3d 765 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “§ 29-27-101 (2000) which provides: 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…”
Allison v. Hagan, 211 S.W.3d 255 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2006). “”); Tenn.Code Ann. § 29-27-101, et seq. Relying on Minor v.”
Brown v. Daly, 83 S.W.3d 153 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “1 Appellants sought to have the property partitioned and sold pursuant to sections 29-27-101 to -219 of the Tennessee Code.”
Gray v. Todd, 819 S.W.2d 104 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991). “Turning briefly to plaintiff’s suit for partition, we note that while plaintiff qualifies generally as a person entitled to seek partition pursuant to T.C.A. § 29-27-101, in asking for a sale for division she has neither made the appropriate allegations nor offered the requisite…”
Gober v. Burrus, 726 S.W.2d 532 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1986). “Burrus and their surety for which execution, if necessary, may issue.”
Puryear v. Belcher, 614 S.W.2d 344 (Tenn. 1981). “The fact that the one-half undivided interest of complainant and his brothers is subject to the life estate of Wells does not affect their right to partition or sale for division.”
Connie McGahey v. James Wilson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2001). “1978); Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-27-101 . From the plain language of the statute, it appears that a tenant in common has a right to withdraw from a co-tenancy at any time for whatever reason fostering the principal of free alienability of property, although, generally, this right is…”
Moyers v. Moyers, 871 S.W.2d 161 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1993). “— Any person entitled to a partition of premises, under the provisions of §§ 29-27-101 — 29-27-123, is equally entitled to *163 have such premises sold for division, in the following cases: (1) If the premises are so situated that partition thereof cannot be made.”
William J. Bunch v. Walton I. Bunch & Steven B. Bunch (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “After a hearing, the chancellor: (1) ordered a sale of the real and personal property pursuant to T.C.A. § 29-27-101; (2) awarded appellant Steve Bunch $4,850 for his services; and (3) dismissed Walton’s counter-claim.”
Troy Love v. Andre McDowell (Tenn. Ct. App. 2019). “Tennessee Code Annotated section 29-27-101 provides: “[a]ny 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…”
Est. of Mary Bell McGraw Marlin v. Harry Whitehead Marlin, III (2022). “The partition statutes are found at Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-27-101 , et seq. Harry Marlin, III relies in particular upon §§ 29-27-116 and -117 concerning the quality and relative equality of partition.”
Suzanne R. Vance v. Sally Ann Blue (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-27-101 (2012). A co-tenant 3 Ultimately, Ms.”
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