The fact that the premises are subject to an encumbrance by mortgage or otherwise will not affect the right.
Code 1858, § 3263 (deriv. Acts 1853-1854, ch. 48, § 3); Shan., § 5011; Code 1932, § 9166; Acts 1976, ch. 529, § 6; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-2102.
Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 484.
Tennessee Jurisprudence, 11 Tenn. Juris., Estates, § 10; 20 Tenn. Juris., Partition, § 12.