Effective - 28 Aug 1939
491.130. Fees to be tendered, when. — A witness shall not be compelled to attend, as such, in a civil suit, at a greater distance than forty miles from his place of residence, unless his legal fees for traveling, in going to and returning from the place of trial, and one day's attendance, are paid or tendered to him at the time of summoning such witness.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1899)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1735; 1919 § 5422; 1909 § 6366