Hagar v. Wiswall

The Court

were clearly of opinion, that where the land held in common consists of several parcels, it is to be considered as one entire subject-matter of partition, and it is competent to the commissioners to give to each tenant a part to hold in severalty, equal to his share of the whole estate thus held, and for that purpose to give to one or more, or all, an entire parcel each, as their respective purparties, according to the situation and circumstances of the estate.