In all suits against the state of Mississippi, any board, bureau, commission, or department thereof required to be defended by the attorney general, a completed copy of the bill of complaint, declaration, or other original pleading shall be mailed by the plaintiff or complainant to the attorney general, postage prepaid, properly addressed to him; and such original pleading shall bear a proper certificate to such effect when it is filed. No decree pro-confesso or default judgment shall be taken against such defendant.
Miss. Code Ann. § 7-5-41
To receive certified copies of pleadings
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 592 So. 2d 952 - State Highway Com'n v. Hyman (1991)
Most recently applied in 592 So. 2d 952 - State Highway Com'n v. Hyman (December 1991)
Codes, 1942, § 3841.5; Laws, 1950, ch. 313.
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