Pleadings.

530.050. The defendant may direct a motion to the petitionor make return to the preliminary order, and when the return ismade the plaintiff may plead thereto, if desired, by way ofreply, within such time as the court may direct.

(RSMo 1939 § 1777, A. 1949 H.B. 2131)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 1613; 1919 § 2061; 1909 § 2626