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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations
Chapter 511 - Judgments
Section 511.140 - Judgment by default, how proceeded on to final judgment.

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MO Rev Stat § 511.140 (2023)
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Title XXXV CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS

Chapter 511

• Effective - 28 Aug 1939

511.140. Judgment by default, how proceeded on to final judgment. — Whenever an interlocutory judgment shall be rendered for the plaintiff by default nihil dicit, confession, or upon an issue of law, in any suit founded upon a written instrument, or upon a judgment of any court of record, and the demand is ascertained by such instrument or the record of any such judgment, the court shall assess the damages, and final judgment shall be given thereon.

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(RSMo 1939 § 1244)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1078; 1919 § 1529; 1909 § 2098

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