The clerk of any court shall move the court to dismiss any cause pending therein in which no step has been taken for the two terms preceding; and the court shall, unless good cause be shown to the contrary, dismiss the same at the costs of the plaintiff or complainant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-53-25
Stale cases dismissed at cost of plaintiff
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 720 So. 2d 178 - American Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Days Inn (1998)
Most recently applied in 986 So. 2d 1036 - Hasty v. Namihira (January 2008)
Codes, 1857, ch. 61, art. 58; 1871, § 575; 1880, § 2373; 1892, § 874; 1906, § 951; Hemingway’s 1917, § 660; 1930, § 667; 1942, § 1578.
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