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§ 11-23-1. Proceedings when third person claims subject of action

Upon affidavit of a defendant, before pleas filed in any action in a circuit court upon contract or for the recovery of personal property, that a third party, without collusion with him, has a claim to the subject of the action, and that he is ready to pay or dispose of the same as the […]

§ 11-23-11. Issue to be made up

Upon the return of the execution with the affidavit and bond, if any, the court shall, on motion of the plaintiff in execution, direct an issue to be made up between the parties to try the right of property at the same term, unless good cause be shown for a continuance.

§ 11-23-13. Default in making up issue

If by default of the plaintiff in execution an issue for the trial of the right of property be not made up at the term to which the execution is returnable, the court shall discharge the claimant from his bond, and the property shall not thereafter be subject to execution on plaintiff’s judgment; but if […]

§ 11-23-15. Burden of proof on plaintiff; trial of issue

On the trial of the issue, the burden of proof shall be on the plaintiff in execution, and the issue shall be tried as in ordinary actions at law, and either party shall have the same rights as in other trials. The jury trying the issue, in case it find in favor of the plaintiff […]

§ 11-23-17. The judgment

If the verdict be in favor of the plaintiff in execution, either on an issue joined or on an inquiry by default, or in case the plaintiff take judgment by default, and elect to take the value as returned by the officer, the court shall render judgment against the claimant and the sureties on his […]

§ 11-23-19. Laws applicable in case of death

All the provisions of law in reference to the death of either party, and the revival of the cause, in personal actions, and the death of any of the obligors, in a bond given in the progress of a cause, and the proceedings thereon before or after judgment, shall apply to proceedings under Sections 11-23-7 […]

§ 11-23-21. New bond may be required

If the sureties on the claimant’s bond shall become insufficient, the court, on motion of the plaintiff, may require the claimant to give a new bond or to surrender to the officer the property claimed. If new bond be given, the sureties thereon shall be jointly liable with the sureties on the first bond, but […]

§ 11-23-23. Venue changed in certain cases

If the claimant shall not be a resident of the county in which the execution is issued, and the property be levied on in the county of his residence, the venue for the trial of the issue may be changed, on his application, to the circuit court of the county of his residence, and the […]

§ 11-23-25. Proceedings in justice’s court

If the claim be interposed in a court of a justice of the peace, on filing the affidavit and bond, or the affidavit, if a bond be not given, the justice shall fix a day for the trial, and give notice thereof to the parties.

§ 11-23-27. Form of a claimant’s affidavit

A claimant’s affidavit may be in the following form, viz.: State of Mississippi, County: “Before me, , a justice of the peace of said county, makes oath that a certain [here describe the property], levied on by virtue of an execution in favor of against , issued by , a justice of the peace of […]

§ 11-23-29. Form of a claimant’s bond

A claimant’s bond may be in the following form, viz.: “We, , principal, and and , sureties, bind ourselves to pay dollars, unless the said shall prosecute with effect his claim to a [here describe the property], levied on by virtue of an execution issued on the day of , A.D. , by court of […]

§ 11-23-3. Third party proceeding applicable to officers

The provisions of the Section 11-23-1 shall be applicable to any action brought in a circuit court against a sheriff or other officer for the recovery of personal property taken by him under executions or attachment, or for the proceeds of property so taken and sold by him; and the defendant in any such action […]

§ 11-23-7. Claim to property levied on; how interposed

When any person not a party to the execution shall claim to be the owner of or to have a lien on any personal property levied upon, such person may make affidavit to his right or title to the property, and may enter into bond, payable to the plaintiff in the execution, with one or […]

§ 11-23-9. Execution stayed for value of property claimed, unless

Further proceedings on the execution shall be stayed for an amount equal to the value of the property claimed, as returned by the officer, until final decision of the claim; and on all subsequent executions issued on the judgment prior to the final decision of the claim, the clerk shall indorse the amount of the […]