Miss. Const. art. 6, § 159 – Jurisdiction of chancery court

The chancery court shall have full jurisdiction in the following matters and cases, viz.:

(a) All matters in equity;
(b) Divorce and alimony;
(c) Matters testamentary and of administration;
(d) Minor’s business;
(e) Cases of idiocy, lunacy, and persons of unsound mind;
(f) All cases of which the said court had jurisdiction under the laws in
force when this Constitution is put in operation.

SOURCES: 1832 third amendment; 1869 art VI § 16.