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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 510.230 (2026)

General verdict, when rendered

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  510.230.  General verdict, when rendered. — In every issue for the recovery of money only, or specific real or personal property, the jury shall render a general verdict.

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(RSMo 1939 § 1120, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 107)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 969; 1919 § 1419; 1909 § 1989

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1953–2021 · leading case: Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. Bibb & Assocs., Inc., 197 S.W.3d 147 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006).
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Kansas City Power & Light Co. v. Bibb & Assocs., Inc., 197 S.W.3d 147 (Mo. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 3× “Section 510.230, RSMo 2000, and Rule 71.02 provide that the jury shall render a general verdict “[i]n every issue for the recovery of money only.”
C & M Developers, Inc. v. Berbiglia, Inc., 585 S.W.2d 176 (Mo. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 3× “01), Section 510.230, RSMo 1949 (now embodied in Rule 71.”
Primitivo Soto v. Costco Wholesale Corp, 502 S.W.3d 38 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “02 explains why a paragraph in the original proposed rule that provided for a discretionary special verdict in the form of special findings on each issue of fact was omitted: "(1) it is a radical change in the existing practice; (2) experience with similar provisions has not…”
Thorne v. Thorne, 350 S.W.2d 754 (Mo. 1961). · cites it 3× “Section 510.230 RSMo 1959, V.A. M.R. and Rule 71.”
Block v. Rackers, 256 S.W.2d 760 (Mo. 1953). · cites it 3× “968 ; Section 510.230 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S. In view of the evidence in this record, we think the ultimate issue of negligent speed under the facts hypothesized was properly submitted in Instruction P-1 without the further submission of evidentiary facts as to the particular speed…”
Haley v. Byers Transp. Co., 394 S.W.2d 412 (Mo. 1965). · cites it 2× “, and §§ 510.230 and 510.270, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.”
Stafford v. Far-Go Van Lines, Inc., 485 S.W.2d 481 (Mo. Ct. App. 1972). · cites it 2× “In actions for the recovery of money, the jury must return a general verdict (Section 510.230 V.A.M.S.; Rule 71.02, feries of Civil Procedure) and such verdict must be responsive to all issues and dispose of all parties.”
Comegys v. Chrysler Credit Corp., 577 S.W.2d 873 (Mo. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 2× “The question presented is whether the trial court has the authority to enter judgment on a cross-claim which has been submitted to a jury which returns a verdict on the petition but fails to return a verdict on the cross-claim.”
Robinson ex rel. Robinson v. Sw. Bell Tel. Co., 434 S.W.2d 249 (Mo. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 3× “Section 510.230, RSMo 1959, V. A.M.S. and Civil Rule 71.”
MFA Coop. Ass'n of Ash Grove v. Elliott, 479 S.W.2d 129 (Mo. Ct. App. 1972). “The verdict rendered in this case is merely a conditional verdict; it purports to award damages to the defendants upon the condition that they perform some additional act, namely, that they “pay their account with Farmers Exchange of Ash Grove, Missouri.”
Bassam Khalil v. 3HB Corp., 621 S.W.3d 1 (Mo. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “Section 510.230 states, “In every issue for the recovery of money only, .”
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