If no objection is made to the making of such survey, or the court is of the opinion that such objection as made is not well taken and that such survey is pertinent and material to the determining of the issues in said action, or to enable the court to properly enter a judgment in said action, and that such survey is advisable, the court may enter an order providing for such survey and appointing a competent and disinterested surveyor or surveyors to make the same and fixing the manner in which the cost of such survey is to be paid, and the court may include in such order such additional conditions, terms, and provisions as are proper and equitable.
Ala. Code § 35-3-22 (1975)