The owner of the animal, or person entitled to the custody, may, after suit is brought and before final judgment, replevy the animal by giving bond, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the justice of the peace, clerk, constable, or sheriff, in double the value thereof; and thereafter the suit shall proceed and the bond be in the place of the animal, and judgment may be rendered against the obligors therein.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 69 - Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animals
Chapter 13 - Stock Laws, Estrays
§ 69-13-9. Lawful fence in open range counties defined
§ 69-13-11. Stock law districts in counties with sea walls
§ 69-13-13. Tick reinfestation
§ 69-13-15. Stock taken up; what done
§ 69-13-17. Any person may take up stock
§ 69-13-19. Owner liable for damages
§ 69-13-23. Appeal to circuit court
§ 69-13-25. Case brought in circuit court to enforce lien where over two hundred dollars claimed