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Statutes > Missouri > T33 > C491 > 491_180Penalty where party refuses to attend and testify.
491.180. If a party, on being duly summoned, refuse toattend and testify, either in court or before any personauthorized to take his deposition, besides being punished himselfas for a contempt, his petition, answer or reply may be rejected,or a motion, if made by himself, overruled, or, if made by theadverse party, sustained.
(RSMo 1939 § 1894)Prior revisions: 1929 § 1730; 1919 § 5417; 1909 § 6361
