Effective - 28 Aug 1939
484.160. Judgment for costs and damages rendered against attorney, when. — If an attorney or counselor at law shall commence an action and fail to prosecute the same, or if any action so commenced shall be dismissed for want of his attention, or if he shall bring the wrong action and it be necessary to enter a nonsuit, or if it shall be made to appear to the court that the action was erroneously brought, dismissed, or nonsuit entered in consequence, the court may, in its discretion, enter up judgment against any such attorney or counselor at law for the full amount of the costs thereby incurred, and all damages in consequence thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1434)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1270; 1919 § 1722; 1909 § 2291
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 484 - Attorneys at Law
Section 484.010 - Practice of the law and law business defined.
Section 484.020 - Who shall engage in the practice of law or do law business — penalty.
Section 484.040 - Power to admit to practice vested in supreme court.
Section 484.150 - Division of fees forbidden, when — penalty.
Section 484.160 - Judgment for costs and damages rendered against attorney, when.
Section 484.170 - Partners of prosecuting attorneys not to defend.
Section 484.190 - Powers to suspend or remove.
Section 484.200 - Charges, where exhibited.
Section 484.210 - Day for hearing — citation, where served.
Section 484.220 - Citation and charges, how served.
Section 484.230 - Proceedings on failure to appear.
Section 484.240 - Removal or suspension without trial.
Section 484.250 - Trial by court or commissioner.
Section 484.260 - Defendant may except to ruling and appeal from judgment.
Section 484.270 - Judgment operates as removal or suspension — reinstatement, how secured.
Section 484.350 - Standards for representation to be updated and adopted statewide, when.