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Miss. Code Ann. § 11-9-137

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MS Code › Title 11 › Chapter 9 › Section 9-137

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When any suit brought before a justice of the peace shall be finally decided on its merits by the justice, it shall be a bar to a recovery for the same cause of action or setoff in any other suit.

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