{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.250","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.250","heading":"Pleadings, how construed.","body":"All pleadings shall be so construed as to do substantial justice.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 509 - Pleadings"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=509.250","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"059add641865f2aa2eb1397586368af9463e9d1ed4d957fbb039611fa3005455","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.240","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-509.260"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}