The attorney general shall, at the request of the governor or other state officer, in person or by his assistant, prosecute suit on any official bond, or any contract in which the state is interested, upon a breach thereof, and prosecute or defend for the state all actions, civil or criminal, relating to any matter connected with either of the state offices. He may require the service or assistance of any district attorney in and about such matters or suits.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-37
To prosecute suits
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 450 So. 2d 426 - State ex rel. Pittman v. Griffin (1984)
Most recently applied in 450 So. 2d 426 - State ex rel. Pittman v. Griffin (May 1984)
Codes, 1892, § 185; 1906, § 191; Hemingway’s 1917, § 3479; 1930, § 3669; 1942, § 3840.
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