Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE (§§ 11-1-1 — 11-77-7)
Chapter 5 - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE IN CHANCERY COURTS (§§ 11-5-1 — 11-5-167)
GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 11-5-1 — 11-5-123)
Section 11-5-91 - Reopening of judgment rendered on publication only

Universal Citation:
MS Code § 11-5-91 (2023)
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A defendant against whom a judgment has been rendered on publication only may request to reopen the judgment pursuant to the procedures provided for in the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure. The title to property sold to a purchaser, in good faith, in pursuance of a judgment, shall not be affected by reopening of the judgment.

Codes, 1857, ch. 62, art. 37; 1871, § 1071; 1880, § 1860; 1892, § 520; 1906, § 571; Hemingway's 1917, § 331; 1930, § 471; 1942, § 1392; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 18, eff. 7/1/1991.


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