Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 21-1-37 (2026)

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If the municipality or any other interested person who was a party to the proceedings in the chancery court be aggrieved by the decree of the chancellor, then such municipality or other person may prosecute an appeal therefrom within the time and in the manner and with like effect as is provided in Section 21-1-21 in the case of appeals from the decree of the chancellor with regard to the creation of a municipal corporation.

Codes, 1892, § 2913; 1906, §§ 3303, 3304; Hemingway's 1917, §§ 5799, 5800; 1930, §§ 2373, 2374; 1942, § 3374-14; Laws, 1950, ch. 491, § 14, eff. 7/1/1950.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2000–2004 · leading case: In Re Enlargement & Extension of the Mun. Boundaries of the City of Horn Lake, 822 So. 2d 253 (Miss. 2002).
In Re Enlargement & Extension of the Mun. Boundaries of the City of Horn Lake, 822 So. 2d 253 (Miss. 2002). · cites it 3× “Miss.Code Ann. § 21-1-37 (2000) provides the following in terms of an appeal from aggrieved parties in annexation cases: If the municipality or any other interested person who was a party to the proceedings in the chancery court be aggrieved by the decree of the chancellor, then…”
Matter of Contraction & Deannexation of Grenada, 876 So. 2d 995 (Miss. 2004). “An appeal in an annexation case is governed by Miss.Code Ann. § 21-1-37, which states: If the municipality or any other interested person who was a party to the proceedings in the chancery court be aggrieved by the decree of the chancellor, then such municipality or other person…”
Don Cox v. City of Horn Lake, Mississippi (Miss. 2000). · cites it 3× “Miss. Code Ann. § 21-1-37 (2000) provides the following in terms of an appeal from aggrieved parties in annexation cases: If the municipality or any other interested person who was a party to the proceedings in the chancery court be aggrieved by the decree of the chancellor,…”
City of Grenada, Mississippi v. Frank Marascalco (Miss. 2002). “An appeal in an annexation case is governed by Miss. Code Ann. § 21-1-37 , which states: If the municipality or any other interested person who was a party to the proceedings in the chancery court be aggrieved by the decree of the chancellor, then such municipality or other…”
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