An administrator shall be under the same responsibilities as a receiver in chancery, and shall make reports to the court in the same manner; and be removable from office for neglect or improper conduct, as a receiver may be; and when the administrator is removed, or dies or resigns, the court may appoint a successor.
Code 1858, § 2218 (deriv. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 177, § 2); Shan., § 3952; Code 1932, § 8164; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-310.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), § 576.
Law Reviews.
Tennessee Civil Disabilities: A Systematic Approach (Neil P. Cohen), 41 Tenn. L. Rev. 253 (1974).
The Tennessee Court System — Chancery Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 281 (1978).