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Miss. Code Ann. § 89-17-1 Abandoned logs, boats, etc., salvaged
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Any saw logs, sawn or hewn timber, lumber, boat, building, or other floatable thing of value that may have become derelict in any of the waters or watercourses of the state or in the beds thereof and which have been relinquished, deserted or left by the owner thereof with the int…
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-17-11 Clerk to issue summons
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Upon filing such petition the clerk shall issue a summons to the defendant named as required by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure. In case the owners of the property are unknown, then a notice shall be published as provided for by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-17-13 How notice given where parties are nonresidents of state
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In suits against persons named in the petition, as defendants thereto, where such defendant is a nonresident of the state, or cannot be served with process, then notice shall be given to such defendant as is provided for in the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure.
Miss. Code Ann. § 89-17-15 Procedure on return of writ; defendant to plead to petition in case of contest
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At the return of the process, in case the defendant shall contest the petitioner’s right to compensation or salvage, or the amount thereof, the petition shall stand for a complaint and the defendant shall plead to it as if it were an ordinary action at law and the matter shall be…