Mississippi Code 1972 (2023)
Title 11 - CIVIL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE (§§ 11-1-1 — 11-77-7)
Chapter 53 - COSTS (§§ 11-53-1 — 11-53-81)
Section 11-53-49 - Costs in cases of setoff

Universal Citation:
MS Code § 11-53-49 (2023)
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When a setoff is pleaded or filed and established, the defendant shall recover of the plaintiff his costs expended in establishing it, although judgment be rendered in favor of the plaintiff for a balance due him.

Codes, 1880, § 2385; 1892, § 885; 1906, § 962; Hemingway's 1917, § 671; 1930, § 678; 1942, § 1589.


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