Missouri Statutes

§ 491.140 — Witness liable to action, when.

Missouri § 491.140

JurisdictionMissouri

Title XXXIIIEVIDENCE AND LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

Ch. 491Witnesses

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 491.140 (2026).

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When a party causing a witness to be summoned, shall have paid or tendered to such witness his legal fees for traveling, and one day's attendance, at the time of summoning such witness, if he fail to attend he shall be liable to the action of the party for all damages sustained by the nonattendance, unless he show sufficient cause to justify such absence.

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Legislative History

(RSMo 1939 § 1904) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1740; 1919 § 5427; 1909 § 6371

Nearby Sections

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§ 491.010

Witness's interest does not disqualify — exception — statements of deceased persons and incompetents and other parties to the transaction — abrogation of deadman statute.

§ 491.015

Victim or witness in certain cases not to be interrogated as to prior sexual conduct.

§ 491.016

Otherwise inadmissible witness statement admissible in criminal proceeding, when.

§ 491.030

Adverse party may be compelled to testify in civil cases.

§ 491.040

Sections 491.010 and 491.030 construed.

§ 491.050

Convicts competent witnesses — convictions and certain pleas may be proved to affect credibility.

§ 491.060

Persons incompetent to testify — exceptions, children in certain cases.

§ 491.065

Informants, disclosure requirements.

§ 491.070

Cross-examination of witnesses — scope.

§ 491.074

Prior inconsistent statement may be admissible in criminal cases as substantive evidence.

§ 491.075

Statement of child under eighteen or vulnerable person admissible, when.

§ 491.078

Juvenile court adjudication, use to affect credibility — sexual offense adjudication, affect on credibility — multiple adjudications, admissible, when.

§ 491.080

Testimony of witness not to be used to convict him of fraud.

§ 491.090

Summons of witnesses — procedure — consequences of failure to appear.

§ 491.100

Summons, form — how issued — subpoena for property, court's authority to quash, when exercised.

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