Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-2-413
Plea of sufficient assets, waste, or concealment - Trial of collateral issue - Execution
Year: 2026Length: 238 wordsSubsections: 2
(a) To this writ the heirs or devisees may plead that the executors or administrators have sufficient assets, or that they have wasted or concealed the assets, upon which plea the court shall order the trial of a collateral issue between the personal representative and the heirs or devisees. (b) If this issue be found against the representative, the original plaintiff or complainant shall have execution not only against the goods and chattels of the deceased debtor, but also against the proper goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the representative. Code 1858, §§ 2262, 2263 (deriv. Acts 1784 (Oct.), ch. 11, § 5); Shan., §§ 3995, 3996; Code 1932, §§ 8207, 8208; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 30-615, 30-616.
(a) To this writ the heirs or devisees may plead that the executors or administrators have sufficient assets, or that they have wasted or concealed the assets, upon which plea the court shall order the trial of a collateral issue between the personal representative and the heirs or devisees.
(b) If this issue be found against the representative, the original plaintiff or complainant shall have execution not only against the goods and chattels of the deceased debtor, but also against the proper goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the representative.
Code 1858, §§ 2262, 2263 (deriv. Acts 1784 (Oct.), ch. 11, § 5); Shan., §§ 3995, 3996; Code 1932, §§ 8207, 8208; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 30-615, 30-616.