Bills for relief, in case of the existence of a trust not cognizable by the courts of common law and in all other cases not herein provided for, shall be filed within ten years after the cause thereof shall accrue and not after, saving, however, to all persons under disability of infancy or unsoundness of mind, the like period of time after such disability shall be removed. However, the saving in favor of persons under disability of unsoundness of mind shall never extend longer than thirty-one years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 15-1-39
Limitations applicable to actions involving certain trusts
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case 684 So. 2d 1246 - Norman v. Bucklew (1996)
Most recently applied in 242 So. 3d 972 - L.H. Manning v. Robert Perry (November 2017)
Codes, 1857, ch. 57, art. 31; 1871, § 2175; 1880, § 2696; 1892, § 2763; 1906, § 3125; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2489; 1930, § 2316; 1942, § 746.
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