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.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-27-117
Unequal partition — Equalizing charges
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case FTR Farms v. Rist Farm (2020)
Most recently applied in FTR Farms v. Rist Farm (May 2020)
Code 1858, § 3283 (deriv
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