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§ 11-21-79. Sale; how made when ordered

A sale of property ordered by the county court or a justice of the peace, as the case may be, to be made for a division of the proceeds shall be made for cash and on such notice and at such place as sales of like property are made under execution issued by the county […]

§ 11-21-81. Appeal to the circuit court

A person aggrieved may appeal from the judgment of the county court or the justice of the peace, as the case may be, in refusing or ordering a sale or partition, or in making partition, or from any final action of the county court or the justice of the peace, as the case may be, […]

§ 11-21-29. Compensation of masters

The court in which the cause is pending, or the chancellor or judge thereof in vacation, shall fix and allow reasonable compensation for each of the masters, and such compensation shall be taxed and collected as costs in the suit.

§ 11-21-31. Attorney’s fees

In all cases of the partition or sale of property for division of proceeds, the court may allow a reasonable attorney’s fee to the attorney or the plaintiff, to be taxed as a common charge on all the interests, and to be paid out of the proceeds in case of a sale, and to be […]

§ 11-21-33. Owelty a lien

In all cases where owelty is allowed, it shall be a lien upon the share of the party charged therewith, which shall be superior to all other liens made or suffered by such party.

§ 11-21-35. Final judgment and judgment confirming partition

The final judgment of the chancery court in partition proceedings shall ascertain and settle the rights of all parties; and it, and the judgment confirming the partition, shall constitute an instrument of evidence in all questions as to the title of the lands which may be the subject of the judgment, in all courts, and […]

§ 11-21-37. Recording of judgments

Judgments making partition shall be recorded in the record book of conveyances of the county or district in which any of the lands are situated, within three (3) months after the partition is confirmed; and a partition, the judgment making which is not so deposited with the clerk for record, shall not be valid as […]

§ 11-21-39. Lien created by party binding on his share

Any mortgage or other lien executed by any joint tenant, tenant in common, or coparcener, shall remain in force on the share of such cotenant after partition, and on his share only; but this shall not prevent the holder of such mortgage or other lien from asserting claim to owelty awarded to such cotenant.

§ 11-21-41. Paramount rights not affected

Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to injure, prejudice, defeat or destroy the estate, right, or title of any person claiming a tract of land, or any part thereof, or any piece or lot of land by title under any other person, or title paramount to the title of the joint tenants, tenants […]

§ 11-21-43. Party evicted to have partition of residue

If any person who has received a share of land partitioned, shall be evicted therefrom, or from any portion thereof, by a paramount title existing at the time of the partition, and there be a residue of land left not subject to such paramount title, the party so evicted shall be entitled to a new […]