512.250. When an application for a trial de novo is timelyfiled, the associate circuit judge or the clerk who has custodyof the case papers shall forthwith transmit the case papers inthe cause or a transcript thereof to the clerk receiving casesoriginally filed for hearing and determination before a circuitjudge, and the cause shall thereupon be assigned for a trial denovo before a circuit or associate circuit judge in accordancewith assignment procedures prescribed by local circuit court ruleor as directed by the presiding judge of the circuit.
(RSMo 1939 § 2736, A.L. 1945 p. 765 § 136, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)Prior revisions: 1929 § 2350; 1919 § 2900; 1909 § 7577
Effective 1-2-79