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Tenn. Code Ann. § 30-2-415

Contribution among devisees or heirs

Code 1858, § 2265 (deriv

If upon a judgment or decree pursuant to § 30-2-414, a devisee or heir is evicted from the real estate devised or descended to the devisee or heir, the devisee or heir may bring an action at law or suit in equity against the other devisee or devisees, heir or heirs, for the evicted devisee or heir's proportion of the value of the land sold, suggesting in the declaration or bill of complaint the value of the several devises or descents, and the recovery against the other devisee or devisees, heir or heirs, shall be in proportion to the value of all the devises or inheritances proved on the trial, without regard to the sum for which the estate of which the devisee or heir was evicted was sold.

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