508.050. Suits against municipal corporations, where commenced. — Suits against municipal corporations as defendant or codefendant shall be commenced only in the county in which the municipal corporation is situated, or if the municipal corporation is situated in more than one county, then suits against the municipal corporation shall be commenced only in that county wherein the seat of government of the municipal corporation is situated; except that:
(1) Suits may be brought against a city containing more than four hundred thousand inhabitants in any county in which any part of the city is situated; and
(2) Suits in inverse condemnation or involving dangerous conditions of public property against a municipal corporation established under Article VI, Section 30(a) of the Missouri Constitution shall be brought only in the county where such land or any part thereof lies.
Notes of Decisions
State Ex. Rel. City of Jennings v. Riley, 236 S.W.3d 630 (Mo. 2007).
· cites it 17× “Section 508.050, RSMo 2000, states in pertinent part: Suits against municipal corporations as defendant or codefendant shall be commenced only in the county in which the municipal corporation is situated.”
State Ex Rel. Milham v. Rickhoff, 633 S.W.2d 733 (Mo. 1982).
· cites it 21× “, and MORGAN, J., dissent and concur in separate dissenting opinion of WELLIVER, J.”
State Ex Rel. Lebanon Sch. Dist. R-III v. Winfrey, 183 S.W.3d 232 (Mo. 2006).
· cites it 19× “Relator argues that because section 508.050, RSMo 2000, 1 permits a school district to be sued only in the county in which it is situated, then it must be error to grant a motion to change venue to another county.”
State ex rel. Burlington N. R.R. v. Forder, 787 S.W.2d 725 (Mo. 1990).
· cites it 20× “Section 508.050, RSMo 1986, provides: Suits against municipal corporations as defendant or codefendant shall be commenced only in the county in which the municipal corporation is situated, or if the municipal corporation is situated in more than one county, then suits against…”
State Ex Rel. SSM Health Care St. Louis v. Neill, 78 S.W.3d 140 (Mo. 2002).
· cites it 5× “4 to be the exclusive basis for venue of nonprofit corporations, it would have employed language like that used in section 508.050 or section 508.060. Section 508.”
State Ex Rel. City of Springfield v. Crouch, 687 S.W.2d 639 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985).
· cites it 8× “Relator contends that since it is a municipal corporation located entirely within Greene County, under § 508.050, RSMo 1978, suit against it can only be brought in Greene County.”
Lewis v. Gibbons, 80 S.W.3d 461 (Mo. 2002).
· cites it 2× “banc 2002) ("The variance in language of sections 508.050 and 508.060 itself shows that the legislature has not limited itself t a single method of designating when a special venue statute is to provide the exclusive method of determining venue in cases involving multiple…”
State ex rel. City of Springfield ex rel. Bd. of Pub. Utils. v. Barker, 755 S.W.2d 731 (Mo. Ct. App. 1988).
· cites it 6× “The City of Springfield relies upon § 508.050, the relevant part of which provides: “Suits against municipal corporations as defendant or codefendant shall be commenced only in the county in which the municipal corporation is situated, .”
State ex rel. City of Bella Villa v. Nicholls, 698 S.W.2d 44 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985).
· cites it 8× “1 Relator relies on § 508.050, 2 which requires that “[sjuits against municipal corporations as defendant or codefend-ant shall be commenced only in the county in which the municipal corporation is situated.”
State ex rel. Santoya v. Edwards, 879 S.W.2d 775 (Mo. Ct. App. 1994).
· cites it 4× “Relators, Santoya and Ryder, along with defendant Hancock, filed separate motions to dismiss or transfer to a jurisdiction of proper venue, relying on § 508.050 which provides in relevant part: “Suits against municipal corporations as defendant or code-fendant shall be commenced…”
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