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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 29 - Remedies and Special Proceedings
Chapter 27 - Partition
Part 1 - Partition Generally
§ 29-27-117. Unequal Partition — Equalizing Charges
Universal Citation: TN Code § 29-27-117 (2020)
If the commissioners are satisfied that exact partition cannot be made without material injury to the parties, or some one of them, they may make the partition as nearly equal as they can, and charge the larger shares with the sums necessary to equalize all the shares, and report the facts.
Code 1858, § 3283 (deriv. Acts 1853-1854, ch. 48, § 4); Shan., § 5031; Code 1932, § 9186; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2120.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 488.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 20 Tenn. Juris., Partition, § 15.
Cited: Fehringer v. Fehringer, 212 Tenn. 75, 367 S.W.2d 781, 1963 Tenn. LEXIS 399 (1963).
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