Tennessee § 29-27-201 - Sale for division authorized.
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§ 29-27-201. Sale for division authorized.
Any person entitled to a partition of premises, under part 1 of this chapter, is equally entitled to have such premises sold for division, in the following cases: If the premises are so situated that partition thereof cannot be made; or Where the premises are of such description that it would be manifestly for the advantage of the parties that the same should be sold instead of partitioned. Code 1858, § 3293 (deriv. Acts 1827, ch. 54, § 1; 1829, ch. 35, § 1; 1853-1854, ch. 48, § 1); Shan., § 5042; Code 1932, § 9197; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2128. Cross-References. Judicial power to decree sale, § 16-1-107 . Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), §§ 484, 488. Tennessee Forms (Robinson, Ramsey and Harwell), No. 1-8-8. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Cotenancy, § 9; 14 Tenn. Juris., Guardian and Ward, § 19; 16 Tenn. Juris., Judicial Sales, §§ 5, 26; 18 Tenn. Juris., Minors, §§ 28, 33; 20 Tenn. Juris., Partition, §§ 9, 18, 19, 30, 33. Law Reviews. Intestate Succession in Tennessee (Douglas P. Quay), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 63. Survey of Tennessee Property Law, II. Estates in Land (Beverly A. Rowlett), 48 Tenn. L. Rev. 55 (1980). Cited: Fehringer v. Fehringer, 212 Tenn. 75, 367 S.W.2d 781, 1963 Tenn. LEXIS 399 (1963); Yarbro v. Easley, 525 S.W.2d 495, 1974 Tenn. App. LEXIS 123 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1974); Jeffers v. Shelton, 634 S.W.2d 275, 1982 Tenn. App. LEXIS 483 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1982); Gray v. Todd, 819 S.W.2d 104, 1991 Tenn. App. LEXIS 486 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1991).
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