If in any case the plaintiff or complainant be an infant suing by next friend, such next friend shall be liable for costs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 11-53-45
Next friend of infant liable for costs
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 525 So. 2d 1289 - Mississippi State Bar Ass'n v. Moyo (1988)
Most recently applied in M.M., through his next friend Erin Kirkland v. State of Alaska, Department of Administration, Office of Public Advocacy, Leslie Ridle, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Department of Administration, and Chad Holt, in his official capacity as Director of the Office of Public Advocacy (April 2020)
Codes, 1880, § 2380; 1892, § 883; 1906, § 960; Hemingway’s 1917, § 669; 1930, § 676; 1942, § 1587.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.