Effective - 28 Aug 1939
514.230. Deposit or tender made before suit, plaintiff not to recover costs. — In all actions where, before suit brought, tender shall be made and full payment offered, by discount or otherwise, in such specie and at such time and place as the party, by contract or agreement, ought to do, and the thing tendered, if in money, shall be deposited in court, or if not money, committed under an order of court to the sheriff or other officer of court, for the use of the plaintiff, before the trial of the cause shall commence, and the party to whom such tender shall be made doth refuse the same, and yet afterward will sue for the debt or property so tendered, the plaintiff shall not recover any costs in such suit, but the defendant shall recover costs, as if the judgment in the cause had gone in his favor upon the merits.
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(RSMo 1939 § 1423)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1259; 1919 § 1711; 1909 § 2280
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXV - Civil Procedure and Limitations
Chapter 514 - Costs (Civil Cases)
Section 514.050 - Issuance of writ without fees by clerk, when.
Section 514.060 - Recovery of costs in civil actions, by whom.
Section 514.070 - Costs on motions.
Section 514.080 - Costs, when given in discretion of court.
Section 514.090 - When one of several counts in a petition bad — costs, how awarded.
Section 514.110 - In actions ex delicto, how awarded.
Section 514.112 - Assessment of costs when court not notified in timely manner of settlement.
Section 514.130 - In cases of certiorari, successful party to recover costs.
Section 514.160 - Appeals to supreme court or court of appeals, adjudication of costs.
Section 514.170 - Adjudication of costs upon dismissal of plaintiff's suit — in other cases.
Section 514.180 - Court may make order for payment of unpaid costs, when.
Section 514.190 - Suits by state, adjudication of costs.
Section 514.200 - General judgment for costs against the state not given.
Section 514.205 - Frivolous suit, consequences of filing — limitations.
Section 514.220 - Adjudication of costs in partition.
Section 514.230 - Deposit or tender made before suit, plaintiff not to recover costs.
Section 514.240 - Tender without deposit stops interest or accumulation of damages.
Section 514.260 - Duty of clerk in taxing bill of costs.
Section 514.270 - Retaxation of costs, when made — effect.
Section 514.280 - Supreme court or appellate court to retax costs, when — order fees refunded.
Section 514.303 - Costs of enforcing judgment, how awarded — how certified.
Section 514.330 - Court costs — collection.
Section 514.335 - Guardian ad litem appointed for minors not party to action, compensation.