Missouri Revised Statutes
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.030 (2026)
Section 537.010 not to extend to what action
✓ current as of May 2026
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
MO-REVrevisor.mo.gov
Justiaon Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
537.030. Section 537.010 not to extend to what action. — Sections 537.010 and 537.020 shall not extend to actions for slander, libel, assault and battery or false imprisonment.
--------
(RSMo 1939 § 99, A. 1949 H.B. 2135)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 99; 1919 § 98; 1909 § 106
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1955–2025 · leading case: Gray v. Wallace, 319 S.W.2d 582 (Mo. 1958).
Gray v. Wallace, 319 S.W.2d 582 (Mo. 1958). “(§ 537.030) : “Sections 537.010 and 537.020 shall not extend to actions for slander, libel, assault and battery or false imprisonment.”
Roedder v. Callis, 375 S.W.3d 824 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012). “Section 537.030 excepts four causes of action from survival: slander, libel, assault and battery, and false imprisonment.”
Ellison v. Fry, 437 S.W.3d 762 (Mo. 2014). “1959) (survival of actions for personal injury is intended to change common law that personal injury claims abate upon death and will be broadly interpreted to include all claims for personal injury not barred by section 537.030, which provides that "sections 537.”
State v. Fowler, 938 S.W.2d 894 (Mo. 1997). “1 provides that the elements of stealing are (1) appropriation (2) of property or services (3) of another (4) with the purpose to deprive him thereof (5) either without the owner’s consent or by means of deceit or coercion. Because appellant was charged with a class C felony, an…”
Brennecke Ex Rel. Brennecke v. Kilpatrick, 336 S.W.2d 68 (Mo. 1960). “, § 537.030, expressly excludes `actions for slander, libel, assault and battery or false imprisonment' and does not mention tort actions between husband and wife is of some force and significance.”
Ennis Ex Rel. Munday v. Truhitte, 306 S.W.2d 549 (Mo. 1957). “§ 537.030, expressly excludes "actions for slander, libel, assault and battery or false imprisonment" and does not mention tort actions between husband and wife is of some force and significance.”
Small v. Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., 759 F. Supp. 1427 (W.D. Mo. 1991). “The state supreme court's analysis directly contradicts the sole argument defendants raise in support of their assertion that Small’s claims should not survive his death: that claims “personal” to the party abate at his or her death.”
Bello v. Random House, Inc., 422 S.W.2d 339 (Mo. 1967). “to dismiss and dismissed the petition for two reasons: (1) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and (2) because any claim that may exist has abated under the provisions of § 537.030, RSMo 1959, V.A. M.S. 2 Plaintiff appealed, claiming that in so ruling…”
Donaldson v. State, 775 S.W.2d 237 (Mo. Ct. App. 1989). “Movant was convicted, after a jury trial, of stealing over $150, § 537.030, RSMo 1978, and sentenced as a persistent offender to a term of twelve years’ imprisonment.”
Ross v. Pugh, 277 S.W.2d 688 (Mo. Ct. App. 1955). “Upon motion of the executrix the action was dismissed with prejudice, on the ground that it abated upon defendant’s death, and that Section 537.030 RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S, forbade its revival.”
Childs v. Brummett (W.D. Mo. 2021). “Here, Plaintiff concedes (1) the applicable rule in this case is that, in determining whether a particular §1983 claim survives the death of the plaintiff, the Court looks to the closest or most analogous state tort equivalent, see § 1988(a), (2) the closest state tort…”
Hazel Erby v. St. Louis Cnty. (Mo. Ct. App. 2025). “” § 537.030. The question presented here is whether Erby’s causes of action, brought under the MHRA and PEWS, were personal injury actions that survived her death.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.