Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS Chapter 521 • Effective - 28 Aug 1939 521.640. Proceedings when setoff is pleaded. — When the petition alleges a setoff, or other collateral avoidance of the cause of action, the plaintiff may answer the same, as in ordinary actions; and, in default of such answer, judgment may be taken in like manner and with like effect as in ordinary actions. -------- (RSMo 1939 § 1502) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1338; 1919 § 1789; 1909 § 2358
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