Any clerk who shall refuse or fail to perform any of the duties herein required shall, for every such refusal or neglect, be liable on his official bond to any party injured for all damages which such party may have sustained by reason of the nonperformance of such duty.
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-5-43
Penalty on clerk for failure of duty
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 805 So. 2d 571 - Vinson v. Benson (2001)
Most recently applied in 805 So. 2d 571 - Vinson v. Benson (August 2001)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 42, art. 1 (11); 1857, ch. 36, art. 37; 1871, § 2321; 1880, § 1229; 1892, § 2478; 1906, § 2815; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2316; 1930, § 2166; 1942, § 887.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.