Effective - 28 Aug 1949
530.050. Pleadings. — The defendant may direct a motion to the petition or make return to the preliminary order, and when the return is made the plaintiff may plead thereto, if desired, by way of reply, within such time as the court may direct.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1777, A. 1949 H.B. 2131)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1613; 1919 § 2061; 1909 § 2626