Upon the confirmation of the report of sale of any property, real or personal, under a decree for sale to satisfy a mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien on such property, if there be a balance due to the complainant, the court, upon motion, shall give a decree against the defendant for any such balance for which by the record of the case he may be personally liable, upon which decree execution may issue.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-5-111
Decree for balance after sale of property
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 473 So. 2d 461 - Lake Hillsdale Estates, Inc. v. Galloway (1985)
Most recently applied in 996 So. 2d 704 - Hartman v. McInnis (November 2007)
Codes, 1880, § 1935; 1892, § 592; 1906, § 643; Hemingway’s 1917, § 405; 1930, § 466; 1942, § 1386.
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