§ 34-15-16 - Order of sale. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 34-15-16

   § 34-15-16  Order of sale. – In an action for partition, the superior court may, in its discretion, uponmotion of any party to the action, order the whole premises sought to bedivided, or any particular lot, portion, or tract thereof or the interest ofthe plaintiff or plaintiffs or of the defendant or defendants in the wholepremises, or in any particular lot, portion, or tract thereof, to be sold,either at public auction or by private contract, under the direction of thecourt, by the commissioner or commissioners appointed to divide or sell thesame; provided, that if the sale is made by private contract, it shall not bemade for less than the sum fixed by the court in its decree authorizing thesale by private contract.