Mississippi § 11-33-107 - Trial before justice of the peace.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 11-33-107 — Trial before justice of the peace., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11-33-107. Trial before justice of the peace.
On the return of an attachment before a justice of the peace, the defendant may file an affidavit, or plea sworn to, traversing the grounds on which the attachment was sued out, and the justice shall hear all evidence adduced by either party, as to whether said attachment was wrongfully sued out or not; and, if the same was wrongfully sued out, he shall dismiss the attachment, with costs, and shall give judgment against the plaintiff for such damages as the defendant may have sustained by the wrongful suing out of said attachment, and shall proceed to hear the case on the merits.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 11-33-107 ("Trial before justice of the peace.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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