91-7-301 - Personal estate sold for division.
§ 91-7-301. Personal estate sold for division.
When personal property of a deceased person cannot be equally divided in kind, the court may, on petition, decree a sale of such property and order a distribution of the proceeds; and such sale may be for cash or on credit, as the court may direct. All parties interested as distributees or legatees shall be cited by summons or by publication, but if the value of the property do not exceed five hundred dollars, notice to the distributees or legatees shall not be necessary.
Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 49, art. 1 (82); 1857, ch. 60, art. 116; 1871, § 1173; 1880, § 2077; 1892, § 1903; 1906, § 2078; Hemingway's 1917, § 1745; 1930, § 1741; 1942, § 643.