Any person whose name is thus changed may thereafter be known and designated, sue and be sued, by the new name.
Code 1858, § 3639 (deriv. Acts 1827, ch. 16, § 2); Shan., § 5405; Code 1932, § 9564; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-805.
Law Reviews.
The Tennessee Court System — Probate Courts, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 461.