Where real property has been subjected to the payment of decedent's debts, and assets that should have been applied to the debts are afterwards discovered, or, for any reason, personal property of decedent, that should have been so applied afterwards comes to the hands of the personal representative, legatee or next of kin, the heir, devisee, or other person aggrieved, may maintain an action to procure reimbursement therefrom.
Code 1932, § 8211; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-620.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 30 - Administration of Estates
Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution
Part 4 - Sale of Land to Pay Debts
§ 30-2-401. Jurisdiction to Sell Realty — Procedure
§ 30-2-404. Proof of Exhaustion of Personalty
§ 30-2-405. Procedure Under §§ 30-2-403 and 30-2-404
§ 30-2-406. Complaint in Equity by Creditor Serving as Administrator
§ 30-2-407. Execution Against Property in Heir's Hands
§ 30-2-408. Claims Against Alienated Property
§ 30-2-409. Proceeding by Scire Facias When Debt Sued on Prior to Deceased's Death
§ 30-2-410. Proceeding by Scire Facias When Personalty Exhausted or Insufficient
§ 30-2-411. Service of Scire Facias
§ 30-2-412. Judgment Without Appearance
§ 30-2-413. Plea of Sufficient Assets, Waste, or Concealment — Trial of Collateral Issue — Execution
§ 30-2-414. Execution Issuing Against Realty