Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-187: Sale of land in preference to personalty.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 91. Trusts and Estates
- Chapter 7. Executors and Administrators
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.
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