All judgments or decrees founded on any sale or contract shall bear interest at the same rate as the contract evidencing the debt on which the judgment or decree was rendered. All other judgments or decrees shall bear interest at a per annum rate set by the judge hearing the complaint from a date determined by such judge to be fair but in no event prior to the filing of the complaint.
Miss. Code Ann. § 75-17-7
Interest on judgments and decrees
Applied in 73 court decisions — leading case 607 So. 2d 1119 - Smith v. Jackson Const. Co. (1992)
Most recently applied in Keesler Fed. Credit Union v. Saucier (May 2018)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 47, art. 2 (3), ch. 54, art. 2 (38); 1857, ch. 50, arts. 1, 3, ch. 62, art. 100; 1871, §§ 1269, 2279, 2281; 1880, §§ 1141, 1143, 1958; 1892, § 2350…
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