Any person interested in any deceased person's estate as legatee, distributee, surviving spouse, creditor, or otherwise, may, at any time before final settlement of the estate, show by proof that the personal representative has not returned a complete inventory, and the article or articles omitted in the inventory shall be debited to the personal representative at the value of the article or articles, unless the personal representative can show a sufficient reason for leaving the article or articles out of the inventory.
Code 1858, § 2303 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 215, § 1); Shan., § 4039; mod. Code 1932, § 8252; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1109.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 30 - Administration of Estates
Chapter 2 - Management, Settlement and Distribution
Part 6 - Accounts and Settlements
§ 30-2-601. Accountings — Statement in Lieu of Accounting
§ 30-2-602. Citation to Appear and Settle — Punishment for Disobedience
§ 30-2-603. Service of Notice of Accounting
§ 30-2-604. Examination of Representative Under Oath
§ 30-2-605. Continuance of Settlement
§ 30-2-606. Charges, Disbursements, and Compensation Credited to Accounting Party
§ 30-2-607. Exceptions to Account — Appeal From Decision of Clerk
§ 30-2-608. Incomplete Inventory
§ 30-2-609. Appeal From Judgment of Court
§ 30-2-610. Settlement Prima Facie Evidence When Recorded
§ 30-2-612. Balance Payable to Clerk's Office — Award of Execution
§ 30-2-613. Failure to Settle Accounts — Indictment — Penalty