An appeal to the Supreme Court shall not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction because of a defect in the application for appeal, or in the bond, or because an insufficient amount was paid to prepay the costs or because of any failure by an officer to comply with the requirements of law in reference to appeals; but all defects and irregularities may be cured by amendment so as to perfect the appeal and obtain the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case; but the court may dismiss an appeal for a failure of the appellant to do, within a reasonable time, what may be necessary to perfect his appeal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-3-5
Appeal not to fail for certain irregularities
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 724 So. 2d 431 - Bowling v. Madison County Bd. of Sup'rs (1998)
Most recently applied in John A. Brown v. Collections, Inc. (February 2016)
Codes, 1880, § 1407; 1892, § 4347; 1906, § 4913; Hemingway’s 1917, § 3189; 1930, § 3375; 1942, § 1959; Laws, 1978, ch. 335, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 1978.
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