No partition or sale of lands, tenements or hereditaments, devised by any last will, shall be made under the provisions of this chapter, contrary to the intention of the testator, expressed in any such will.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 528.130
Partition not to be made contrary to will
Known as the Save the Family Farm Act
The act spans §§ 528–528 (73 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Johnson v. Woodard (1962)
Most recently applied in Johnson v. Woodard (April 1962)
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1721); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1557; 1919 § 2005; 1909 § 2569
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.