Missouri Laws 244.120 – Amendment of petition — rights of landowner
1. The petition as signed and filed under the provisions of this chapter may be amended at any time as other pleadings in other cases.
2. The owner or owners of land within or without any levee or drainage district organized under the laws of this state shall be permitted to connect a ditch, tile or levee constructed under the provisions of this chapter with any artificial ditch, drain or levee of any drainage or levee district on such terms as the board of supervisors of such drainage or levee district or the court, under which any such district has been organized, may prescribe.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 244.120
- Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. A petition filed under the provisions of this chapter and any and all matters pertaining thereto may be heard and determined by the circuit court at any time at a regular, adjourned or special session.