Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.490
Treble damages if waste was wantonly committed.
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