Missouri Statutes
§ 511.160 — Damages not to exceed amount claimed.
Missouri § 511.160
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Bluebook
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.160 (2026).
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Whenever such interlocutory judgment shall be rendered for the plaintiff, the damages or other relief shall not be other or greater than that which he shall have demanded in the petition, as originally filed and served on defendant; but in any other case, the court may grant him any relief consistent with the case made by the plaintiff and embraced within the issues.
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Legislative History
(RSMo 1939 § 1246)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1080; 1919 § 1531; 1909 § 2100
Nearby Sections
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§ 511.010
Term "real estate" construed.§ 511.020
Judgment defined.§ 511.030
Judgment, against whom rendered, effect of — court's powers as to minor or disabled person.§ 511.050
Judgment of non pros., when entered.§ 511.060
When set aside.§ 511.080
Form of confession.§ 511.090
Defendant identified to court.§ 511.100
Confession by attorney in fact.§ 511.120
When set aside.§ 511.150
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Bluebook (online)
Missouri § 511.160, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mo/511/511.160.