A person having rent in arrear or due upon any lease or demise of lands for life or lives, for years, at will, or otherwise, may bring an action for such arrears of rent against the person who ought to have paid the same or his legal representative.
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-7-7
Remedy by action for rent in arrear
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Terry Lee Ing v. Song Adams (2018)
Most recently applied in Terry Lee Ing v. Song Adams (May 2018)
Codes, 1857, ch. 41, art. 14; 1871, § 1633; 1880, § 1322; 1892, § 2537; 1906, § 2875; Hemingway’s 1917, § 2373; 1930, § 2178; 1942, § 900.
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