MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 93-9-75. Death of child; effect on paternity proceeding.

The death of the bastard, if the mother be living and unmarried, shall not be cause of abatement or bar to any prosecution for bastardy; but the court trying the same shall, on conviction, give judgment for such sum as shall be deemed just.

SOURCES: Codes, 1892, Sec. 254; 1906, Sec. 273; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 222; 1930, Sec. 184; 1942, Sec. 388.


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