Any county may sue and be sued by its name, and suits against the county shall be instituted in any court having jurisdiction of the amount sitting at the county site; but suit shall not be brought by the county without the authority of the board of supervisors, except as otherwise provided by law.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 11 - Civil Practice and Procedure
Chapter 45 - Suits by and Against the State or Its Political Subdivisions
§ 11-45-1. When the state may be sued
§ 11-45-3. Service of summons and conduct of case
§ 11-45-5. Payment of judgment or decree against the state
§ 11-45-7. Remedy against intruders on the lands of the state
§ 11-45-9. Any property accrued to the state recovered
§ 11-45-11. The state entitled to all actions - unlawful detainer for its lands
§ 11-45-13. Certain suits abated
§ 11-45-15. County to have like remedies
§ 11-45-17. County may sue and be sued
§ 11-45-19. Suit where part only of county is interested
§ 11-45-21. Bond not to be required