Miss. Code § 89-7-121

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 89-7-121 - Form of affidavit by third person

The affidavit by a third person claiming property distrained or seized for rent or supplies may be in the following form, to wit:

"State of Mississippi,

____________________ County.

"Before me, ____________________, a justice of the peace of the said county, ____________________ makes oath that certain property to wit: eight bales of cotton [or whatever the property may be], distrained for rent by ____________________, a constable of said county, by virtue of an attachment for rent in favor of ____________________ against ____________________, are the property of affiant and not the property of ____________________, nor held in trust for his use, in any manner whatsoever; and are not liable to such distress.

"Sworn to and subscribed before me, the ____________________ day of ____________________, A.D.

"____________________, J.P."

Miss. Code § 89-7-121

Codes, 1892, § 2532; 1906, § 2870; Hemingway's 1917, § 2368; 1930, § 2221; 1942, § 943.