Title XXXVI STATUTORY ACTIONS AND TORTS Chapter 534 Effective - 02 Jan 1979, see footnote 534.130. Failure of defendant to appear. — If the defendant, being duly summoned, does not appear at the time appointed for hearing the complaint, the judge shall proceed with the hearing of the cause. -------- (RSMo 1939 § 2841, A.L. 1945 p. 1089, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2455; 1919 § 3003; 1909 § 7665 Effective 1-02-79
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