Missouri Statutes

§ 431.140 — Joint obligations — suit brought against whom.

Missouri § 431.140

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XXVIIICONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS

Ch. 431General Provisions as to Contracts

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 431.140 (2026).

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In all cases of joint obligations and joint assumptions of copartners or others, suits may be brought and prosecuted against any one or more of those who are so liable.

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 3343) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2956; 1919 § 2158; 1909 § 2772

Nearby Sections

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§ 431.010

Private seals abolished.

§ 431.020

Instrument of writing to import consideration — due and payable as specified.

§ 431.030

Provisions limiting time for bringing suits prohibited.

§ 431.040

Fraud in sale of nursery stock — damages recoverable.

§ 431.050

Failure of nurserymen to deliver at proper time and season, contract voidable.

§ 431.055

Persons competent to contract when eighteen years of age.

§ 431.056

Minor's ability to contract for certain purposes — conditions — immunity from liability, when.

§ 431.058

Relative caregiver may consent to immunization of child, when — definitions — parental decision supercedes relative caregiver — notice when child stops living with relative caregiver — limitations on liability, when — affidavit requirements.

§ 431.060

Contracts by persons under eighteen years of age — ratification necessary — how made.

§ 431.061

Consent to surgical or medical treatment, who may give, when.

§ 431.062

Minor cannot disaffirm contract, when — parents or guardian not liable, exception — disclosure by physician authorized, when.

§ 431.063

Implied consent, when valid — lack of consent, when excused — emergency defined.

§ 431.064

Experimental treatment, tests, and drugs, consent to administer by third party — life-threatening emergencies, consent by whom.

§ 431.065

Minor spouse or parent may give consent, when.

§ 431.066

Insurance benefits payable directly to minor, when — validity of receipt — disaffirmance prohibited.

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