In case the plaintiff shall fail to pay the damages and costs awarded to the defendant within ninety (90) days from the date of the rendering of the final judgment, if such judgment is not appealed from, or in case the suit shall be dismissed by the plaintiff except pursuant to settlement, or the judgment be that the plaintiff is not entitled to a judgment condemning property, the defendant may recover of the plaintiff in an action brought therefor all reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by him in defending the suit.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure
§ 11-27-1. Who may exercise right of eminent domain
§ 11-27-3. Court of eminent domain
§ 11-27-5. Complaint to condemn; parties; preference
§ 11-27-7. Filing complaint; lis pendens; time and place of hearing; notice; pleadings
§ 11-27-11. Operation of court
§ 11-27-13. Separate trials; to injury or to court
§ 11-27-15. Dismissal; grounds; appeal
§ 11-27-19. Evidence of value; award and interest
§ 11-27-21. Damage to remainder; determination
§ 11-27-27. Transfer of title; payment and deposits previously made
§ 11-27-31. Property in more than one county
§ 11-27-33. Certain takings of property excluded
§ 11-27-35. Rights-of-way across railroads
§ 11-27-37. Right of action for expenses
§ 11-27-39. Surveys; right to enter land; liability for damages
§ 11-27-41. Takings by hydroelectric power companies
§ 11-27-45. Power lines across railroads
§ 11-27-48. Information from Public Service Commission or Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
§ 11-27-51. Proceedings filed before 1972 not affected by chapter