Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.500
Amendments to conform to evidence
Missouri · Revised Statutes of Missouri Chapter 509 — Pleadings · Status: effective · Effective 1943-08-28
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- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 509.500, Amendments to conform to evidence, Missouri, version 1 as recorded 2026-09-29, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1819643
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When issues not raised by the pleadings are tried by express or implied consent of the parties, they shall be treated in all respects as if they had been raised in the pleadings. Such amendment of the pleadings as may be necessary to cause them to conform to the evidence and to raise these issues may be made upon motion of any party at any time, even after judgment; but failure so to amend does not affect the result of the trial of these issues. If evidence is objected to at the trial on the ground that it is not within the issues made by the pleadings, the court may allow the pleadings to be amended and shall do so freely when the presentation of the merits of the action will be subserved thereby and the objecting party fails to satisfy the court that the admission of such evidence would prejudice him in maintaining his action or defense upon the merits. The court may grant a continuance to enable the objecting party to meet such evidence.