If any pupil shall wilfully destroy, cut, deface, damage, or injure any school building, equipment or other school property he shall be liable to suspension or expulsion and his parents or person or persons in loco parentis shall be liable for all damages.
Miss. Code Ann. § 37-11-19
Suspension or expulsion of student damaging school property; liability of parent or custodian
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Clinton Mun. Separate School Dist. v. Byrd (1985)
Most recently applied in Clinton Mun. Separate School Dist. v. Byrd (August 1985)
Codes, 1942, § 6216-04; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 26, § 4, eff from and after July 1, 1954.
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