32-3-102 - Devise of land. - Tennessee Statutes

32-3-102. Devise of land.

Every devise shall convey the entire estate of the testator in the lands, unless the contrary intent plainly appear from the words and context of the will.

[Code 1858, § 2164 (deriv. Acts 1784 (Apr.), ch. 22, § 12); Shan., § 3897; Code 1932, § 8091; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 32-302.]