11-21-71 - Partition of personalty. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 11-21-71. Partition of personalty.
 

Any person entitled to a division of personal property may apply therefor to the chancery court of the proper county, subject to the foregoing provisions of Sections 11-21-1 through 11-21-45 in reference to land, as far as applicable, considering the difference in the kind of property; and a sale or a division may be ordered in such cases, as provided for in case of land which is incapable of equal division, or which it may be to the interest of the parties to sell, and the court shall have power to make all such orders as may be necessary to protect the rights of parties. And any sale or partition ordered in such cases shall be made and reported as in case of the sale or partition of land; and decrees making partition shall vest title according to their terms. In such cases, the court or chancellor may make all orders, and cause to be issued all process necessary to secure the rights of parties; and writs of sequestration may be issued as provided for in any other cases in which they are authorized. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1880, §§ 2578, 2579; 1892, § 3120; 1906, § 3543; Hemingway's 1917, § 2855; 1930, § 2942; 1942, § 983.