If from any cause a commission is returned without partition, subdivision or appraisement of the premises, or 1 or more of the freeholders dies, becomes or is declared incompetent to serve as a commissioner, before the return, or for any cause it is deemed equitable by the Court of Chancery that a new commission should be appointed, the Court may in its discretion appoint a new commission.
Code 1852, § 1692; Code 1915, § 3275; Code 1935, § 3739; 25 Del. C. 1953, § 725.