Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 77-5-251 (2026)
Construction of article; article complete in itself
✓ current as of July 2026
This article is to be liberally construed, and the enumeration of any object, power, manner, method or thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods or things.
This article is complete in itself and shall be controlling. The provisions of any other law, general, special or local, except as provided in this article, shall not limit or restrict the powers of any corporation formed under this article.
Codes, 1942, §§ 5487, 5489; Laws, 1936, ch. 184.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1999–2002 · leading case: Tallahatchie Valley Elec. Power Ass'n v. MISS. PROPANE GAS Ass'n, INC., 812 So. 2d 912 (Miss. 2002).
Tallahatchie Valley Elec. Power Ass'n v. MISS. PROPANE GAS Ass'n, INC., 812 So. 2d 912 (Miss. 2002). “Even a liberal interpretation of the applicable statutes results in the conclusion that TVEPA is limited to the acquisition of electric energy assets. ¶ 22. As its name implies, the Mississippi Electric Power Association Law was enacted to encourage "the fullest possible use of…”
Tallahatchie Valley Elec. Power Ass'n v. Mississippi Propane Gas Ass'n, Inc. (Miss. 1999). “The Act contains a clear expression of legislative intent that member corporations be prohibited from acquiring an interest in business enterprises not associated with the delivery of electric power. Even a liberal interpretation of the applicable statutes results in the…”
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