Miss. Code Ann. § 13-3-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 13-3-7
repealedRepealed by Laws of 1991, ch. 573, § 141, eff from and after July 1, 1991.
§ 13-3-7 . [Codes, 1857, ch. 62, art. 29; 1871, § 1008; 1880, § 1853; 1892, § 3415; 1906, § 3914; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2921; 1930, § 2966; 1942, § 1846] § 13-3-9 . [Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 58, art. 1 (24); 1857, ch. 61, art. 66; 1871, § 697; 1880, § 1524; 1892, § 3416; 1906, § 3915; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2922; 1930, § 2967; 1942, § 1847] § 13-3-11 . [Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 58, art. 1 (20); 1857, ch. 61, art. 62; 1871, § 695; 1880, § 1525; 1892, § 3417; 1906, § 3916; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2923; 1930, § 2968; 1942, § 1848] § 13-3-13 . [Codes, 1857, ch. 62, art. 26; 1871, § 1005; 1880, § 1848; 1892, § 3418; 1906, § 3917; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2924; 1930, § 2969; 1942, § 1849: Laws, 1924, ch. 151] Editor’s Notes — Former § 13-3-7 provided that the names of all defendants who reside in the county where the process issues shall be included in the same summons. Former § 13-3-9 provided that if any of the defendants reside in different counties from that in which the suit is brought, original process may issue at the same time to each county in which any of the defendants reside, and the clerk shall indorse on each writ issued to another county than that in which the suit is brought the names of the defendants upon whom it is to be served, and that it is a duplicate of a writ issued to the other county for the same cause of action and the sheriff shall execute and return such process as in other cases, and under the same penalties. Former § 13-3-11 provided for when the summons, in actions in circuit court, shall be made returnable and when it shall be executed. Former § 13-3-13 specified when the summons was returnable and when it was to be executed in suits in chancery.
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