Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 35-6-57 (2026)
Sale Instead of Partition - When Sale Ordered.
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If, after a decree for partition and the appointment of commissioners it shall appear from the report of the commissioners, or on exceptions to their report, that a just and equal division of the land cannot be made, or that a sale will better promote the interest of all the cotenants, the court shall order a sale of the land, or such part thereof as may be deemed proper, and a division of the proceeds among those interested, as provided for, and make an equitable partition as provided in this article of the land not sold.
(Code 1907, §5212; Code 1923, §9312; Code 1940, T. 47, §201.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2004–2004 · leading case: Ark Land Co. v. Harper, 599 S.E.2d 754 (W. Va. 2004).
Ark Land Co. v. Harper, 599 S.E.2d 754 (W. Va. 2004). “Rev.Stat. § 38-28-107 (Bradford 2002); Conn.”
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