When can a person be presumed dead? An analysis of Miss. Code Ann § 13-1-23 and the 2024 Amendment By: Donald Campbell There is a longstanding common law rule that a person who has been absent for an extended period of time can be presumed to be dead. See Thayer, A Preliminary Treatise on Evidence at the Common Law pp. 319-324 (1898). Mississippi has codified this common law rule since at least 1856, and […] https://betterchancery.com/202....4/10/30/when-can-a-p
