Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-1-103 (2026)
Rule in Shelley's case abolished
✓ current as of May 2026
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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2002–2007 · leading case: In Re Hamby, 360 B.R. 657 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2007).
In Re Hamby, 360 B.R. 657 (Bankr. E.D. Tenn. 2007). “4 The second statute is Tennessee Code Annotated section 66-1-103 entitled “Garagekeeper’s or towing firm’s lien,” which provides, in material part, as follows: (a) (1)(A) Garagekeepers or establishments substantially in the business of towing vehicles for hire, pursuant to the…”
Rutherford Cnty. v. Martha Wilson (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “The basic treatment of that term is established in the statute which abolished the Rule in Shelley’s Case,18 Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-1-103 : 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…”
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