Where a party hereafter institutes a suit for the benefit of himself and all others similarly situated, and thereby there is in such suit recovered or preserved property or a fund for the common benefit, the chancery court may make an allowance to such party of the reasonable costs incurred, which costs shall include the necessary disbursements, and reasonable solicitor’s fees, out of the property recovered or preserved for the common benefit.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-53-37
Costs in class suits
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Chancery Clerk of Chickasaw County v. Wallace (1981)
Most recently applied in 911 So. 2d 463 - USF&G Ins. Co. of Miss. v. Walls (September 2005)
Codes, 1942, § 1583.5; Laws, 1948, ch. 234.
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