Mississippi § 89-7-115 - Tenant’s remedy against landlord.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 89-7-115 — Tenant’s remedy against landlord., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 89-7-115. Tenant’s remedy against landlord.
If any distress or seizure and sale be made under color of law for rent or supplies pretended to be due and in arrear, where, in truth, no rent or sum for supplies is due or owing to the party causing the distress or seizure to be made, then the owner of the agricultural products or other property so taken and sold, his executor or administrator, shall have remedy by action against the person in whose name or right such property was taken, his executor or administrator, and shall recover double the value of the property, with costs, or may put the bond of the plaintiff in suit to recover damages for the wrongful suing out of the writ, and shall recover therein double the value of the property, if the penalty of the bond amount to so much.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 89-7-115 ("Tenant’s remedy against landlord.") 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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