Miss. Code § 85-7-39

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 85-7-39 - Writ; form

"The State of Mississippi.

"To any lawful officer of ____________________ county:

"We command you forthwith to take into your possession and dispose of, according to law, ____________________ bales of cotton and ____________________ bushels of corn, now in the possession of ____________________, believed to be at ____________________, in your county, as it is said, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy the claim of ____________________, who asserts an interest therein to the extent of one-half thereof, which he avers is of the value of ____________________ dollars [or who claims a lien thereon for ____________________ dollars, alleged to be due him for his wages as a laborer in producing said articles, or whatever the claim may be, as set forth in the affidavit], for his labor in producing said articles, and summon the said ____________________ [and any others shown by the affidavit to have an adverse claim to said articles] to appear before the undersigned, a justice of the peace of said county, at ____________________, on ____________________, the ____________________ day of ____________________ A. D. ____________________, at ____________________ o'clock, ____________________.M., to answer said claim, and have this writ there then.

"Witness my hand, the ____________________ day of ____________________, A. D. ____________________.

"____________________, J. P."

Miss. Code § 85-7-39

Codes, 1880, § 1375; 1892, § 2695; 1906, § 3055; Hemingway's 1917, § 2413; 1930, § 2247; 1942, § 345.