Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-1-115 (2026)
Administrator with will annexed - Powers and authority
✓ current as of May 2026
An administrator with the will annexed, appointed instead of an executor resigned, and all administrators with the will annexed, shall have the same power and authority as the executor had by the will of the testator, and may sell land, if the executor possessed that power.
Code 1858, § 2240 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 141, § 4); Shan., § 3976; Code 1932, § 8188; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-118.
Notes of Decisions
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case, 1997–1997 · leading case: In re: Est. of Maple Ione Stocks, Gwyneth J. Huges, & Linda Lyons, Co-Administratrices C.T.A. v. Anna Gayle Ironside & William A. Grisham (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997).
In re: Est. of Maple Ione Stocks, Gwyneth J. Huges, & Linda Lyons, Co-Administratrices C.T.A. v. Anna Gayle Ironside & William A. Grisham (Tenn. Ct. App. 1997). “T.C.A. § 30-1-115 (1984). Under the above statutes, a court in a county other than that in which the deceased had his or her usual residence does not have jurisdiction to admit the will the probate or to grant letters of administration.”
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