The party may maintain an action for the amount assessed by the freeholders; and the order of the justice appointing the freeholders, and the certificate of the freeholders, and proof of notice to the opposite party of the time of the meeting, shall be prima facie evidence to support the action. The amount recovered shall be a lien upon the land or lot of the defendant.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 89 - Real and Personal Property
§ 89-13-1. Adjoining owners to contribute
§ 89-13-3. Enforcement of contribution
§ 89-13-5. Enforcement of contribution; notice and proceedings
§ 89-13-7. Enforcement of contribution; action for amount assessed
§ 89-13-9. Enforcement of contribution; costs
§ 89-13-11. Contribution where fence already built
§ 89-13-13. Contribution to keep fence in repair
§ 89-13-15. Ownership of party fence; fence not to be removed
§ 89-13-17. Departure from line
§ 89-13-19. Removal and abandonment of party fence
§ 89-13-21. Sale of land; lessee or owner to contribute
§ 89-13-23. Fence removed if not paid for, and adopted by paying proportion of value