Section 1041. Interlocutory judgment for admeasurement

If the defendant
  makes default in appearing or pleading or if the right of the  plaintiff
  to  dower  is  not  disputed  by  the  answer,  or if it appears, by the
  verdict, report, or  decision  upon  a  trial,  that  the  plaintiff  is
  entitled  to  dower  in  the real property described in the complaint an
  interlocutory judgment must  be  rendered  which,  except  as  otherwise
  prescribed  in  this  article, must direct that the plaintiff's dower in
  the property, particularly describing it, be admeasured  by  a  referee,
  designated  in  the  judgment,  or  by three reputable and disinterested
  freeholders, designated therein, as commissioners for that purpose.