The proceeds of the sale, after payment of costs, shall be divided between the plaintiff and the defendant in proportion to the sums due them respectively as found by the verdict.Codes, 1857, ch. 55, art. 20; 1871, § 1557; 1880, § 2512; 1892, § 1675; 1906, § 1850; Hemingway's 1917, § 1483; 1930, § 1476; 1942, § 827.
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