Missouri Statutes

§ 431.160 — Assignor shall not release demand, when — title of assignee.

Missouri § 431.160

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XXVIIICONTRACTS AND CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS

Ch. 431General Provisions as to Contracts

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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 431.160 (2026).

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It shall not be in the power of the assignor of a demand, after assignment, to release any part of it, nor shall any assignee obtain greater title thereto or interest therein than the person had from whom it was acquired.

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 3346) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2959; 1919 § 2161; 1909 § 2775 Assignment of benefit rights under unemployment compensation law void, 288.380 Consignments of grain by railroad to elevator subject to change, 389.550 Counterclaims against assignor, asserted in action on assigned claim, 509.480 Mechanics' liens, assignment, 429.160

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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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