The division of a thing held in common may be made by the interested parties or by arbitrators or friendly compromisers, appointed at the will of the part-owners.\nIn case it is made by arbitrators or friendly compromisers, they shall divide it into parts proportional to the rights of each part-owner, avoiding, as far as possible, payments of balances in cash.\nHistory —Civil Code, 1930, § 336.
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