Section 7.5 Venue

• Library: Contracts 2016 Supp

III. (§7.5) Venue

Venue for most breach-of-contract actions is based on Missouri’s general venue statute, § 508.010, RSMo Supp. 2006. Unless the lawsuit includes a tort claim, § 508.010 specifies the appropriate venues as follows:

(1) When the defendant is a resident of the state, either in the county within which the defendant resides, or in the county within which the plaintiff resides, and the defendant may be found;

(2) When there are several defendants, and they reside in different counties, the suit may be brought in any such county;

(3) When there are several defendants, some residents and others nonresidents of the...