Missouri Laws 522.090 – Suit not barred, when
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 522.090
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Allegation: something that someone says happened.
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
No such suit shall be barred nor shall the amount which the plaintiff may be entitled to recover be affected, by any answer made by any surety in such bond, of a judgment recovered thereon, unless it be accompanied by an allegation that the sureties, or some of them, have been obliged to pay the damages on such judgment, or some part thereof, for want of sufficient property of the principal whereon to levy the same, or that they will be obliged to pay the same, or part thereof, for the same reason, nor unless such answer be verified by affidavit.