In any suit brought by one claiming to be the owner of such property, proof that such property has been relinquished, deserted or left for a period of three (3) years thereafter without effort to salve such property shall be prima facie evidence of the intention to abandon.
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-17-5
Prima facie abandonment
Codes, 1930, § 6525; 1942, § 1009; Laws, 1930, ch. 243.
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