State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Lynch

BOHLING, Commissioner.

On July 21, 1955, the State of Missouri ex rel. State Highway Commission of Missouri, relator, instituted a condemnation action against Philip R. Lynch and Leati A. Lynch and other defendants. This is an appeal by the above named defendants from an order sustaining the written dismissal by relator of the action against them. Defendants state they are abutting property owners along U. S. Route 66 with the right of direct access to, from and across the highway involved, a valuable property right; that they are statutory and necessary parties to the condemnation action, and…