The plaintiff may in his answer ask for leave to relinquish the land to the occupying claimant, and to recover the value thereof, aside from the improvements.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 524.190
Plaintiff may relinquish land and recover value, less the improvements
Effective: 28 Aug 1939; (RSMo 1939 § 1551); Prior revisions: 1929 § 1387; 1919 § 1837; 1909 § 2404
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.