Mississippi Code
Chapter 9 - Estate Tax
§ 27-9-37. Personal liability of the executor

Every executor, administrator, or assignee, or other person, who pays any debts, except as hereinbefore provided for, due by the person or estate from whom or for which he acts, before he satisfies and pays the tax due the State of Mississippi under this law, from such person or estate, shall become answerable in his own person and estate for the tax so due the state, or so much thereof as may remain due and unpaid, to the full extent of the full value of any property belonging to such person or estate which may come into his hands, custody, or control, and the executor shall in all instances be liable on his bond for the payment of the estate tax, whether the estate has been closed by the chancery court administering same or not.

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