32 Md. App. 411 - Boyd v. Boyd’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 1983
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Baltimore Transit Co. v. Mezzanotti · Johnson v. State · Dugan v. Mayor of Baltimore · 25 Md. App. 322 - Moon v. Weeks · Johnson v. Hoover
Most-quoted passages
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““(a) Decree of partition. — A circuit court may decree a partition of any property, either legal or equitable, on the bill or petition of any ... tenant in common____If it appears that the property cannot be divided without loss or injury to the parties interested, the court may decree its sale and divide the money resulting from the sale among the parties according to their respective rights.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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