{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-511.740","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.740","heading":"Submitting a controversy without action.","body":"Parties to a question in difference, which might be the subject of a civil action, may, without action, agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends, and present a submission of the same to any court which would have jurisdiction if an action had been brought; but it must appear, by affidavit, that the controversy is real and the proceedings in good faith, to determine the rights of the parties; the court shall thereupon hear and determine the case, and render judgment thereon, as if an action were depending.","path":["Title XXXV - CIVIL PROCEDURE AND LIMITATIONS","Chapter 511 - Judgments"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=511.740","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"a9326dc509902479b052466682b47b4e45b4c6aa69a632479c4382883fff17fe","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-511.730","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-511.750"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}