40-20-115 - Disqualification from fiduciary office.

40-20-115. Disqualification from fiduciary office.

The effect of a sentence of imprisonment in the penitentiary is to put an end to the right of the inmate to execute the office of executor, administrator or guardian, and operates as a removal from office.

[Code 1858, § 5230; Shan., § 7203; Code 1932, § 11789; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-2715.]