Section 29-29-105 - Effect of decree - Jurisdiction in personam - Testamentary contingent remainders(a) After the appointment of a guardian ad litem or next friend, the court may proceed as though the parties defendant were in being and actually served with process.(b) Such suit shall be deemed to be a proceeding in rem against the land, and a decree establishing or declaring the validity, nature, or extent of complainant's title or interest, shall operate directly on the land and shall have the force of a release made by or on behalf of all parties defendant of all claims inconsistent with the title established thereby.(c) Nothing herein contained shall prevent the court from also exercising its ordinary jurisdiction in personam against parties defendant who have been actually served with process, and who are personally amenable to its decree.(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect any contingent remainder created by any will or devise of any deceased person.Acts 1919, ch. 13, § 5; Shan. Supp., § 5009a5; Code 1932, §9164; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2205.