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Mississippi Code 1972
Title 91 - TRUSTS AND ESTATESChapter 7 - EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS
Division - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 91-7-243 - Not bound to plead specially

Miss. Code § 91-7-243

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Section 91-7-243 - Not bound to plead specially

Executors, administrators, and temporary administrators shall not be bound to plead specially to any action or suit at law brought against them, but they may give any special matter in evidence under the general issue. An executor or administrator, or the sureties on his bond, shall not be chargeable beyond the amount of the assets of the testator or intestate by reason of any mistake, omission, or false pleading of the executor or administrator.

Miss. Code § 91-7-243

Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 49, art. 1 (105); 1857, ch. 60, art. 125; 1871, § 1183; 1880, § 2089; 1892, § 1923; 1906, § 2097; Hemingway's 1917, § 1765; 1930, § 1717; 1942, § 614.