Mississippi § 77-9-161 - Mortgaging; securing mortgage bonds.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 77-9-161 — Mortgaging; securing mortgage bonds., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 77-9-161. Mortgaging; securing mortgage bonds.
To mortgage or convey in trust, from time to time, any or all of its property, real, personal, and mixed, then owned or thereafter to be acquired, and also all or any of its rights, powers, privileges, liberties, immunities, or franchises, whether then owned, possessed, and enjoyed or thereafter to be acquired, including its right to be a corporation; and under such deed or deed in trust or mortgage, to secure, execute, and dispose of the mortgage bonds of the company to such amounts and maturing at such times and bearing such lawful interest as it may deem best; and to secure, in like manner or in any other way, the bonds and obligations of any other railroad company.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 77-9-161 cover?
Section 77-9-161 ("Mortgaging; securing mortgage bonds.") 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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