Whenever such interlocutory judgment shall be rendered for the plaintiff, the damages or other relief shall not be other or greater than that which he shall have demanded in the petition, as originally filed and served on defendant; but in any other case, the court may grant him any relief consistent with the case made by the plaintiff and embraced within the issues.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.160
Damages not to exceed amount claimed
Known as the Uniform Foreign Country Money-Judgments Recognition Act
The act spans §§ 511–511 (82 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1246); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1080; 1919 § 1531; 1909 § 2100
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.