An affidavit before a commissioner of this state, or before any consul or notary public, as to the pedigree or right as legatee or distributee of any person, may be received as prima facie evidence of the pedigree or right by any personal representative in case no contest arises.
Code 1858, § 2315 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 26, § 4); Shan., § 4052; mod. Code 1932, § 8350; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1316.
Textbooks. Pritchard on Wills and Administration of Estates (4th ed., Phillips and Robinson), §§ 826, 834.
Law Reviews.
Decedents' Estates, Trusts and Future Interests — 1960 Tennessee Survey (Herman L. Trautman), 13 Vand. L. Rev. 1101 (1960).