When any person shall begin a suit in any court, whether by declaration or bill, or by cross-complaint, to enforce a lien upon, right to, or interest in, any real estate, unless the claim be founded upon an instrument which is recorded, or upon a judgment duly enrolled, in the county in which the real estate is situated, such person shall file with the clerk of the chancery court of each county where the real estate, or any part thereof, is situated, a notice containing the names of all the parties to the suit, a description of the real estate, and a brief statement of the nature of the lien, right, or interest sought to be enforced. The clerk shall immediately file and record the notice in the lis pendens record, and note on it, and in the record, the hour and day of filing and recording.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-47-3
Notice of suit affecting real estate recorded
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 422 So. 2d 749 - Dunaway v. WH Hopper & Associates, Inc. (1982)
Most recently applied in Tommie L. Huey v. Lemorris Strong (December 2016)
Codes, 1892, § 2783; 1906, § 3148; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2499; 1930, § 2325; 1942, § 755.
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