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Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates
Authoritative and indispensable estates reference relied on by Tennessee attorneys cited with approval by Tennessee judges.
Publisher: Matthew Bender
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First written in 1894 by Robert Pritchard as A Treatise on the Law of Wills and Administration of Estates, this authoritative reference has become indispensable to the Tennessee bench and bar. Revised in a Second Edition in 1928, a Third Edition in 1955, and now in its seventh edition, Pritchard on the Law of Wills and Administration of Estates continues its tradition of excellence. Tennessee attorneys depend on it and judges cite it with approval. Topics include:
• Testamentary Capacity and Power
• Execution and Revocation of Wills
• Probate of Wills
• Construction of Wills; Legacies and Gifts
• The Appointment and Qualification of Executors and Administrators
• Assets and the Inventory
• Rights, Powers, Duties, and Liabilities of Executors and Administrators
• Payments, Distributions and Settlements
• Subjecting Real Assets And Administering Insolvent Estates
• Simultaneous Death; Property Of Absentees; Taxes
• Will Forms
• Probate Forms
• and much more!
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Volume 1
Introduction
Title I Testamentary Capacity and Power
Chapter 1 Personal Disabilities of Testators
Chapter 2 Restraints on the Testamentary Power
Title II Execution and Revocation of Wills
Chapter 3 Manner of Executing Wills
Chapter 4 Manner of Revoking Wills
Title III Probate of Wills
Chapter 5 Uncontested Probates
Chapter 6 Contested Probates
Title IV Construction of Wills; Legacies and Gifts
Chapter 7 Construction of Wills
Chapter 8 Legacies and Gifts Mortis Causa
Volume 2
Title I The Appointment and Qualification of Executors and Administrators
Chapter 9 Status of Estate, and Rights and Liabilities Arising, Without Administration
Chapter 10 Appointment of Executors, and Acceptance or Refusal of the Office
Chapter 11 Appointment of Administrators
Chapter 12 Qualification, Letters and Bonds of Personal Representatives
Chapter 13 Revocation, Removal, Resignation and New Appointment; Transfer of Administration to New County
Title II Assets and the Inventory
Chapter 14 Assets of an Estate
Chapter 15 Inventory and Notification
Title III Rights, Powers, Duties, and Liabilities of Executors and Administrators
Chapter 16 Estate of the Personal Representative in the Assets of the Decedent and Remedies for Him
Chapter 17 Managing and Disposing of the Assets
Chapter 18 Liability of Executors and Administrators
Title IV Payments, Distributions and Settlements
Chapter 19 Debts and Claims Against the Estate
Chapter 20 Legacies and Distributive Shares
Chapter 21 Accounts and Settlements of Executors and Administrators
Title V Subjecting Real Assets And Administering Insolvent Estates
Chapter 22 Statutory Sales Of Real Estate For Payment Of Debts
Chapter 23 Administration Of Insolvent Estates
Title VI Simultaneous Death; Property Of Absentees; Taxes
Chapter 24 Simultaneous Death
Chapter 25 Estates Of Absentees
Chapter 26 Small Estates
Chapter 27 The Tennessee Inheritance Tax
Chapter 28 The Tennessee Gift Tax
Volume 3
Title I Will Forms
Chapter 29 Complete Forms Ofwills
Chapter 30 Will Clauses
Title II Probate Forms
Chapter 31 Probate
Chapter 32 Letters Testamentary and of Administration
Chapter 33 Claims Against Estate
Chapter 34 Entitlements of Surviving Spouse
Chapter 35 Contests
Chapter 36 Action to Construe Will
Chapter 37 Action to Establish Lost Will
Chapter 38 Disposition of Personalty
Chapter 39 Miscellaneous Probate Matters
Chapter 40 Sale of Land for Debts
Chapter 41 Distributions, Accounts, and Settlements
Chapter 42 Administration in Chancery Court
Chapter 43 Charts
Parallel References
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Index
Introduction
Title I Testamentary Capacity and Power
Chapter 1 Personal Disabilities of Testators
Chapter 2 Restraints on the Testamentary Power
Title II Execution and Revocation of Wills
Chapter 3 Manner of Executing Wills
Chapter 4 Manner of Revoking Wills
Title III Probate of Wills
Chapter 5 Uncontested Probates
Chapter 6 Contested Probates
Title IV Construction of Wills; Legacies and Gifts
Chapter 7 Construction of Wills
Chapter 8 Legacies and Gifts Mortis Causa
Volume 2
Title I The Appointment and Qualification of Executors and Administrators
Chapter 9 Status of Estate, and Rights and Liabilities Arising, Without Administration
Chapter 10 Appointment of Executors, and Acceptance or Refusal of the Office
Chapter 11 Appointment of Administrators
Chapter 12 Qualification, Letters and Bonds of Personal Representatives
Chapter 13 Revocation, Removal, Resignation and New Appointment; Transfer of Administration to New County
Title II Assets and the Inventory
Chapter 14 Assets of an Estate
Chapter 15 Inventory and Notification
Title III Rights, Powers, Duties, and Liabilities of Executors and Administrators
Chapter 16 Estate of the Personal Representative in the Assets of the Decedent and Remedies for Him
Chapter 17 Managing and Disposing of the Assets
Chapter 18 Liability of Executors and Administrators
Title IV Payments, Distributions and Settlements
Chapter 19 Debts and Claims Against the Estate
Chapter 20 Legacies and Distributive Shares
Chapter 21 Accounts and Settlements of Executors and Administrators
Title V Subjecting Real Assets And Administering Insolvent Estates
Chapter 22 Statutory Sales Of Real Estate For Payment Of Debts
Chapter 23 Administration Of Insolvent Estates
Title VI Simultaneous Death; Property Of Absentees; Taxes
Chapter 24 Simultaneous Death
Chapter 25 Estates Of Absentees
Chapter 26 Small Estates
Chapter 27 The Tennessee Inheritance Tax
Chapter 28 The Tennessee Gift Tax
Volume 3
Title I Will Forms
Chapter 29 Complete Forms Ofwills
Chapter 30 Will Clauses
Title II Probate Forms
Chapter 31 Probate
Chapter 32 Letters Testamentary and of Administration
Chapter 33 Claims Against Estate
Chapter 34 Entitlements of Surviving Spouse
Chapter 35 Contests
Chapter 36 Action to Construe Will
Chapter 37 Action to Establish Lost Will
Chapter 38 Disposition of Personalty
Chapter 39 Miscellaneous Probate Matters
Chapter 40 Sale of Land for Debts
Chapter 41 Distributions, Accounts, and Settlements
Chapter 42 Administration in Chancery Court
Chapter 43 Charts
Parallel References
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Index