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Statutes > Mississippi > Title-19 > 13 > 19-13-53§ 19-13-53. Defective bridges, causeways, and culverts-presentation of claims.
A claim under Section 19-13-51 for accidents occurring shall be made in writing, itemized and sworn to, and shall be filed within three months after such accident occurs, and shall remain on file with the clerk of the board of supervisors for sixty days before the first day of the term at which it comes up for hearing. Notice of its pendency shall be published in a newspaper published in the county at least one time before such claim comes up for hearing, and if there be no paper in such county, by posting notices at the courthouse and other public places.
Sources: Codes, Hemingway's 1917, § 3803; 1930, § 268; 1942, § 2953; Laws, 1914, ch. 203.
