11-21-31 - Attorney's fees. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 11-21-31. Attorney's fees.
 

In all cases of the partition or sale of property for division of proceeds, the court may allow a reasonable attorney's fee to the attorney or the plaintiff, to be taxed as a common charge on all the interests, and to be paid out of the proceeds in case of a sale, and to be a lien on the several parts in case of partition. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1880, § 2577; 1892, § 3119; 1906, § 3542; Hemingway's 1917, § 2854; 1930, § 2934; 1942, § 975; Laws,  1991, ch. 573, § 56, eff from and after July 1, 1991.