Section 490.670 – Business defined.
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 490.670. Business defined. — The term “business” shall include every kind of business, profession, occupation, calling or operation of institutions, whether carried on for profit or not. ——– (L. 1949 p. 275 § 2) (1952) Hospital held “business” within this section so that its records are made admissible. Melton v. […]
Section 490.680 – Records, competent evidence, when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 490.680. Records, competent evidence, when. — A record of an act, condition or event, shall, insofar as relevant, be competent evidence if the custodian or other qualified witness testifies to its identity and the mode of its preparation, and if it was made in the regular course of business, at […]
Section 490.690 – Interpretation and construction.
Effective – 28 Aug 1949 490.690. Interpretation and construction. — Sections 490.660 to 490.690 shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it. ——– (L. 1949 p. 275 § 4)
Section 490.590 – Marriage contracts.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.590. Marriage contracts. — Marriage contracts, duly proved or acknowledged and certified and recorded, shall be received in evidence in any court in this state, without further proof of their execution. ——– (RSMo 1939 § 1870) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1706; 1919 § 5393; 1909 § 6337
Section 490.600 – Certified copy, evidence when.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.600. Certified copy, evidence when. — When it shall appear to the court that such marriage contract, duly acknowledged or proved and recorded, is lost or is not in the power of the party wishing to use it, a copy thereof, duly certified under the hand and seal of the […]
Section 490.620 – Person, when presumed to be dead.
Effective – 28 Aug 2002 490.620. Person, when presumed to be dead. — If any person who shall have resided in this state goes from and does not return to this state for five successive years, he or she shall be presumed to be dead in any case wherein his or her death shall come […]
Section 490.630 – Evidence, when translated into English, may be read.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.630. Evidence, when translated into English, may be read. — Whenever any written evidence in a cause shall be in language other than English, a written translation thereof into the English language, made by a competent translator, and verified by his affidavit, may be read in evidence instead of the […]
Section 490.640 – Comparison of disputed with genuine writings.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.640. Comparison of disputed with genuine writings. — Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses, and such writings and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same may be submitted to the […]
Section 490.500 – Record copy of lost instrument.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.500. Record copy of lost instrument. — In all cases where the original of any bond, contract or other instrument, for the recording of which provision has been made by law, shall appear to be lost, or not within control of the party wishing to use the same, the record […]
Section 490.510 – Proof of endorsement of notes.
Effective – 28 Aug 1939 490.510. Proof of endorsement of notes. — Whenever it becomes necessary in any suit to prove an assignment of or an endorsement on any bond, bill or note, an affidavit of a competent witness, proving the same, shall be received as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in such […]