511.490 Clerk — failure to perform duty — penalty.

511.490. Clerk — failure to perform duty — penalty. — Any clerk of a court who shall refuse or neglect, after tender of his fees for the same, to file and record such transcript and docket such judgment or decree, as in sections 511.440 to 511.480 directed, shall be liable on his official bond to any person damaged by reason of such refusal or neglect, in double the amount of damages sustained. (RSMo 1939 § 1311) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1147; 1919 § 1598; 1909 § 2167