Mo. Rev. Stat. § 60.331
Quarter-sections, how established.
60.331. Quarter-sections, how established. — In subdividing a section into quarter-sections, the land surveyor shall run straight lines from the established quarter-section corners to the opposite quarter-section corners. The point of intersection of the lines thus run will be the corner common to the several quarter-sections, or the legal center of the section.
(L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al.)