Statutes, codes, and regulations
Mississippi Code 1972
Title 91 - TRUSTS AND ESTATESChapter 7 - EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS
Division - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 91-7-187 - Sale of land in preference to personalty

Miss. Code § 91-7-187

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Section 91-7-187 - Sale of land in preference to personalty

When the estate of any deceased person consists of real and personal property and it shall be necessary to sell a portion thereof, the chancery court, on petition of the executor, administrator, legatees or distributees, being satisfied that it would be to the interest of the distributees or legatees, may decree a sale of the real estate in preference to the personal estate.

Miss. Code § 91-7-187

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 49, art. 8 (2); 1857, ch. 60, art. 93; 1871, § 1153; 1880, § 2042; 1892, § 1900; 1906, § 2075; Hemingway's 1917, § 1742; 1930, § 1689; 1942, § 586.