If the legacy subject to reduction should consist of an estate which cannot be well divided, it shall go to the legatee, if the reduction does not absorb one half of its value, and otherwise, to the heirs by force of law; but one shall pay the other what may be due them in cash.
A legatee having a right to a legal portion may retain the entire estate, provided its value does not exceed the amount of the portion which can be disposed of and the share pertaining to him by way of legal portion.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 749.