Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241 § 36

Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 241:36 - Water rights; other incorporeal hereditaments; division

Joint tenants or tenants in common of a mill privilege, water right, or other incorporeal hereditament may be compelled to divide the same in the manner hereinbefore provided for the division of land. The commissioners appointed to make partition shall set forth in their return the best method of setting off to the several parties their respective shares, and thereupon the court may make such orders and decrees as might be made in equity. If any one of the joint owners so requests, the court shall order a sale, provided that a sale is feasible.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, § 36