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Miss. Code Ann. § 11-9-103

If two or more defendants, where brought

Codes, 1871, § 1320; 1880, § 2192; 1892, § 2396; 1906, § 2725; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2224; 1930, § 2073; 1942, § 1807; Laws, 1981, ch. 471, § 24; Laws, 1982, ch. 423, § 28; Laws, …

In suits or proceedings against two (2) or more defendants, jointly or jointly and severally liable, it shall be lawful to bring the suit in the justice court of the county wherein either of the defendants reside or where the cause of action arose; and such justice court shall have power to issue a summons or other process to bring in all codefendants from any other county.

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.