As Amended
SEC. 89-7-97. Form of declaration.
The declaration in replevin in such case may be substantially in the following form, to wit:
"State of Mississippi.
Circuit court, ______ term, A.D. ______
County of ______
"Thomas East, the plaintiff in this case, complains of William West, the defendant, in an action of replevin.
"For that heretofore, to wit: on the ---- day of ----, A.D. ----, the said defendant wrongfully caused an officer of ---- County to seize and take from the plaintiff's possession, under an atta chment for rent [or rent and supplies, or for supplies, as the case may be], certain personal property of the plaintiff's, to wit: here describe the property and give the value of each separate item of it .
"And the plaintiff avers that he is entitled to recover the same and al so to recover of defendant the sum of ---- dollars damages for the said wrongful taking; wherefore, he sues and de mands judgment accordingly, and costs of suit."
SOURCES: Codes, 1892, Sec. 2522; 1906, Sec. 2860; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 2358; 1930, Sec. 2209; 1942, Sec. 931.