Effective - 28 Aug 1945
244.060. Confirmation or rejection of report — payment of costs. — Said circuit court shall hear all such objections in a summary manner and without unnecessary delay, and should it find that no objection should be sustained, the court shall approve and confirm said report, but if the court shall find that any or all of the exceptions or objections should be sustained, it shall render its decree accordingly. All additional costs incurred by hearing and determining such objections shall be apportioned by the circuit court to the landowners in proportion to the objections sustained or overruled. If the report of the commissioners as confirmed, or as modified, shows that the damages and cost of necessary crossings exceed the amount tendered, under the provisions of section 244.020, to the owner or owners of the land traversed by the works, the total court cost of the case, including fees and expenses of commissioners, shall be paid by the petitioner or petitioners, but if the amount of such items be not greater than the tendered amount the cost shall be paid by the objectors.
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(RSMo 1939 § 12460, A.L. 1945 p. 852)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 10870; 1919 § 4565
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XV - Lands, Levees, Drainage, Sewers and Public Water Supply
Chapter 244 - Private Drainage Rights
Section 244.010 - Drainage for agricultural or sanitary purposes.
Section 244.020 - Disagreement on drainage methods — petition circuit court.
Section 244.030 - Filing of objections — hearing by court — appointment of commissioners.
Section 244.040 - Duties of commissioners.
Section 244.050 - Notification of commissioners' report — filing of objections.
Section 244.060 - Confirmation or rejection of report — payment of costs.
Section 244.070 - Limitation on improvements — dismissal of case, when.
Section 244.080 - Appeals from circuit court decision.
Section 244.090 - Disagreement on manner of construction — petition circuit court.
Section 244.100 - Rights of owners after construction.
Section 244.110 - Compensation — appointment of special commissioners and surveyor.
Section 244.120 - Amendment of petition — rights of landowner.
Section 244.130 - Penalty for obstructing ditch — inspection of lands without owner's consent.