Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.030
Sections 537.010 and 537.020 shall not extend to actions for slander, libel, assault and battery or false imprisonment.
(RSMo 1939 § 99, A. 1949 H.B. 2135)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 99; 1919 § 98; 1909 § 106