Ramsey v. Humphrey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal from a decree of the Probate Court, upon a petition for partition of land in Great Barrington held by tenants in common, ordering a sale of the land. Hearing before Barker, J., who reported the case for the determination of the full court. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowetoh, J.
By Pub. Sts. c. 178, § 65, “In any case of partition the court may, at the time of appointing commissioners, or subsequently by agreement of parties or after such notice to all persons interested as may be required, order the commissioners to make sale and conveyance of the whole or any part of the lands that cannot be advantageously divided, upon such terms and conditions, and with such securities for the proceeds of such sale as the court may direct, and to distribute and pay over the proceeds of the sale in such manner as to make the partition just and equal.” This is a general provision…
2Cited by4 opinions
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