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 11-5-97 - Lien on land sold on credit

Universal Citation:
MS Code § 11-5-97 (2023)
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All land sold under decree of the chancery court shall be held liable and subject to a lien for the unpaid purchase money therefor as if a mortgage had been executed by the purchaser and duly recorded; and said lien shall exist until actual payment of the purchase money, or until, by order of the court or chancellor, the same shall be discharged.

Codes, 1871, § 1150; 1880, § 2048; 1892, § 602; 1906, § 652; Hemingway's 1917, § 414; 1930, § 459; 1942, § 1379.


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