If all the claims are not ascertained when the sale is ordered or if for any other reason the court finds it necessary or proper to postpone the order of distribution, it may direct the officer to bring the proceeds of the sale into court, there to be disposed of according to the decree of the court, and if, by reason of the claims of attaching creditors or for any other cause, the whole cannot be conveniently distributed at once the court may make two or more successive orders of distribution, as the circumstances may require.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-280; 1952 Code Section 45-280; 1942 Code Section 8755; 1932 Code Section 8755; Civ. C. '22 Section 5667; Civ. C. '12 Section 4137; Civ. C. '02 Section 3032; G. S. 2374; R. S. 2489; 1869 (14) 222.