The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction to divide or partition, or sell for partition, any property, real or personal, held by joint owners or tenants in common; whether the defendant denies the title of plaintiff or sets up adverse possession or not; and the court in exercising its jurisdiction shall proceed according to the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure and, where necessary, allow service of process by publication as prescribed therein.
History: (Code 1886, §3262; Code 1896, §3187; Code 1907, §5231; Acts 1909, No. 123, p. 124; Code 1923, §9331; Code 1940, T. 47, §186.)