Treble damages if waste was wantonly committed.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.490
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537.490. Treble damages if waste was wantonly committed. — If in any action for waste, the jury find that the waste was wantonly committed, judgment shall be entered for three times the amount of the damages assessed. (RSMo 1939 § 3010) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2623; 1919 § 6917; 1909 § 7920
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