As Amended
SEC. 85-7-39. Writ; form.
"The state of Mississippi.
"To any lawful officer of ---- county:
"We command you forthwith to take into your possession and dispose of, according to law, ---- bales of cotton and ---- bushels of corn, now in the possession of ----, believed to be at ----, in your county, as it is said, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy the claim of ----, who asserts an interest therein to the extent of one-half thereof, which he avers is of the value of ---- dollars [or who claims a lien thereon for ---- dollars, alleged to be due him for his wages as a laborer in producing said articles, or whatever the claim may be, as set forth in the affidavit], for his labor in producing said articles, and summon the said ---- [and any others shown by the affidavit to have an adverse claim to said articles] to appear before the undersigned, a justice of the peace of said county, at ----, on ----, the ---- day of ---- A. D. ----, at --- o'clock, --.M., to answer said claim, and have this writ there then.
"Witness my hand, the ---- day of ----, A. D. ----.
"______________, J. P."
SOURCES: Codes, 1880, Sec. 1375; 1892, Sec. 2695; 1906, Sec. 3055; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 2413; 1930, Sec. 2247; 1942, Sec. 345.