Where waste committed pending suit, receiver may take possession
If someone is renting or holding land and a lawsuit about that land is already going on, and that person damages or misuses the land during the lawsuit, a court can put a neutral person called a receiver in charge of the land until the lawsuit is settled.
537.500. Where committed , may take . — If the of any land shall, pending a suit to recover or charge said land, commit any waste thereon, the court in which the suit may be pending may a receiver to take possession of the land.
(RSMo 1939 § 3013)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 2626; 1919 § 6920; 1909 § 7923
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