Even if application is for partition only, the court may, upon the answers of the defendants asking a sale, and satisfactory cause shown, decree a sale for division.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-27-205
Answer asking sale
Code 1858, § 3297; Shan., § 5046; Code 1932, § 9201; T.C.A
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