Court may order sale of lands, when.

528.340. If the commissioners so appointed shall report tothe court that the lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any lot,tract or portion thereof, are so situated that an assignment ofdower, if any, and partition thereof, cannot be made withoutgreat prejudice to the owners, the court may, if satisfied thatsuch report is just and correct, make an order that the sheriffsell the premises situate in his county, or any portion thereof,which is reported insusceptible of division, and including anydower interest therein, at public auction to the highest bidder.

(RSMo 1939 § 1742)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1578; 1919 § 2026; 1909 § 2590