Every grant or devise of real estate, or any interest therein, shall pass all the estate or interest of the grantor or devisor, unless the intent to pass a less estate or interest shall appear by express terms, or be necessarily implied in the terms of the instrument.
Code 1858, § 2006 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 33); Shan., § 3672; Code 1932, § 7597; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 64-501.
Cross-References. Deeds of officers as prima facie evidence of facts recited, §24-5-101.
Estates in property, title 66, ch. 1.
Estate with unlimited power of disposition, §66-1-106.
Execution by minor veterans, §58-3-103.
Operation of devise, §§32-3-101,32-3-102.
Transfer to class of persons, effect of death of one person before time of enjoyment, §32-3-104.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 98.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 1 Tenn. Juris., Adverse Possession, § 34; 9 Tenn. Juris., Deeds, §§ 22, 25; 11 Tenn. Juris., Evidence, § 45; 21 Tenn. Juris., Remainders, Reversions and Executory Interests, §§ 15, 35; 25 Tenn. Juris., Wills, § 132.
Law Reviews.
Survey of Tennessee Property Law, II. Estates in General (Toxey H. Sewell), 46 Tenn. L. Rev. 161.