Statutes, codes, and regulations
Mississippi Code 1972
Title 89 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 7 - LANDLORD AND TENANT
Section 89-7-37 - Nonresidential evictions; defense may be made

Miss. Code § 89-7-37

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Section 89-7-37 - Nonresidential evictions; defense may be made

The tenant in possession of the premises, or any person claiming possession thereof, may, at or before the time appointed in the summons for showing cause, file an affidavit with the court, denying the facts upon which the summons was issued; and the matters thus controverted may be tried.

Miss. Code § 89-7-37

Codes, 1857, ch. 41, art. 32; 1871, § 1652; 1880, § 1338; 1892, § 2552; 1906, § 2890; Hemingway's 1917, § 2388; 1930, § 2231; 1942, § 953.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 501, SB 2461,§ 18, eff. 4/21/2022.