Except as otherwise provided herein, the proceedings for partition shall be instituted and conducted as other suits in chancery; and all ex parte petitions may be heard and determined by the chancellor in term time or in vacation.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-21-7
Proceedings same as in other cases; when ex parte petitions may be heard
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 481 So. 2d 812 - Johnson v. Franklin (1985)
Most recently applied in 481 So. 2d 812 - Johnson v. Franklin (December 1985)
Codes, 1871, § 1815; 1880, § 2558; 1892, § 3099; 1906, § 3523; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2835; 1930, § 2922; 1942, § 963; Laws, 1960, ch. 224.
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