{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.240","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.240","heading":"Execution of written instrument deemed confessed, when.","body":"When any claim or counterclaim shall be founded upon any written instrument and the same shall be set up at length in the pleading or a copy attached thereto as an exhibit, the execution of such instrument shall be deemed confessed unless the party charged to have executed the same shall specifically deny the execution thereof.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 509 - Pleadings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=509.240","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"d70e9880df36026c965f01bf8368b2104e5c6ce7d4e580d7fe8a9c5323054c37","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.230","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}