11-53-37 - Costs in class suits. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 11-53-37. Costs in class suits.
 

Where a party hereafter institutes a suit for the benefit of himself and all others similarly situated, and thereby there is in such suit recovered or preserved property or a fund for the common benefit, the chancery court may make an allowance to such party of the reasonable costs incurred, which costs shall include the necessary disbursements, and reasonable solicitor's fees, out of the property recovered or preserved for the common benefit. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 1583.5; Laws,  1948, ch. 234.