{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-11-35-57","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 11-35-57","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 11-35-57","body":"Executors and administrators may be garnished for a debt due by their testator or intestate to the defendant; but judgment shall not be entered in such case against an executor or administrator until the lapse of six months after the grant of letters; and they may be garnished as having effects due to legatees or distributees; but judgment shall not be rendered against them in such case, except with their consent, until after a final settlement of the estate.","path":["MS Code","Title 11"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"bd32f4351ed55cf1349995aa0495b740a95c67725909e3606caac84279735d8e","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-11-35-55","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-11-35-59"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}