A suit or action shall not be brought against an executor or administrator until after the expiration of ninety (90) days from the date of letters testamentary or of administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 91-7-239
Executor or administrator not to be sued for ninety days
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 616 So. 2d 333 - Townsend v. Estate of Gilbert (1993)
Most recently applied in Rush Hospital v. Stephanie Carlisle (March 2018)
Codes, Hutchinson’s 1848, ch. 49, art. 6 (1); 1857, ch. 60, art. 126; 1871, § 1184; 1880, § 2086; 1892, § 1922; 1906, § 2096a; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1764; 1930, § 1715; 1942, § 61…
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