Wills shall be proved and recorded and letters testamentary granted in the probate court of the county where the testator had the testator's usual residence at the time of the testator's death, or, in case the testator had fixed places of residence in more than one county, in either or any of those counties.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 32-2-101
Place of proving and recording will and granting letters testamentary
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case In Re Estate of Boote (2005)
Most recently applied in In Re Estate of James Kemmler Rogers (February 2018)
Code 1858, § 2169 (deriv
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