11-21-15 - Judgment appointing masters.
§ 11-21-15. Judgment appointing masters.
If the judgment be for a partition of the land, it shall state the number of shares into which the land is to be divided, and shall appoint three (3) discreet freeholders, not related to the parties by consanguinity or affinity, to make partition according to the judgment. Either party may object to any master for cause, and, in case the objection be sustained, the place shall be filled by another appointment. If any vacancy occur among the masters, the chancellor may fill such vacancy at any time by written appointment.
Sources: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 42, art. 2 (2); 1857, ch. 36, art. 51; 1871, § 1819; 1880, §§ 2560, 2561; 1892, § 3103; 1906, § 3327; Hemingway's 1917, § 2839; 1930, § 2926; 1942, § 967; Laws, 1958, ch. 259; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 53, eff from and after July 1, 1991.