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Defendant may recover compensation for improvements, when.

524.160. If a judgment or decree of dispossession shall begiven in an action for the recovery of possession of premises, orin any real action in favor of a person having a better titlethereto, against a person in the possession, held by himself orby his tenant, of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, suchperson may recover, in a court of competent jurisdiction,compensation for all improvements made by him in good faith onsuch lands, tenements or hereditaments, prior to his having hadnotice of such adverse title.

(RSMo 1939 § 1548)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1384; 1919 § 1834; 1909 § 2401
(1979) A claim under this section must fail if it can be shown the improvements were made with notice to an adverse title. Morris v. Ulbright (A.), 591 S.W.2d 245.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Missouri > T36 > C524 > 524_160

Defendant may recover compensation for improvements, when.

524.160. If a judgment or decree of dispossession shall begiven in an action for the recovery of possession of premises, orin any real action in favor of a person having a better titlethereto, against a person in the possession, held by himself orby his tenant, of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, suchperson may recover, in a court of competent jurisdiction,compensation for all improvements made by him in good faith onsuch lands, tenements or hereditaments, prior to his having hadnotice of such adverse title.

(RSMo 1939 § 1548)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1384; 1919 § 1834; 1909 § 2401
(1979) A claim under this section must fail if it can be shown the improvements were made with notice to an adverse title. Morris v. Ulbright (A.), 591 S.W.2d 245.

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Statutes > Missouri > T36 > C524 > 524_160

Defendant may recover compensation for improvements, when.

524.160. If a judgment or decree of dispossession shall begiven in an action for the recovery of possession of premises, orin any real action in favor of a person having a better titlethereto, against a person in the possession, held by himself orby his tenant, of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, suchperson may recover, in a court of competent jurisdiction,compensation for all improvements made by him in good faith onsuch lands, tenements or hereditaments, prior to his having hadnotice of such adverse title.

(RSMo 1939 § 1548)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1384; 1919 § 1834; 1909 § 2401
(1979) A claim under this section must fail if it can be shown the improvements were made with notice to an adverse title. Morris v. Ulbright (A.), 591 S.W.2d 245.