Section 13.30 Control by Court

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BB. (§13.30) Control by Court

Generally, the control of argument to a jury is primarily the function of the trial court, which is vested with a broad discretion to determine the propriety of argument. Arroyo v. Keller, 433 S.W.2d 584 (Mo. App. W.D. 1968); Davis v. Terminal R.R. Ass’n of St. Louis, 299 S.W.2d 460 (Mo. 1956); but see Green v. Ralston Purina Co., 376 S.W.2d 119 (Mo. 1964); State ex rel. Mo. State Highway Comm’n v. Hensel Phelps Constr. Co., 634 S.W.2d 168 (Mo. banc 1982); Allison v. Home Sav. Ass’n of Kansas City,643 S.W.2d 847 (Mo. App. W.D. 1982); Hoover’s Dairy, Inc. v. Mid-Am....