Legal Opinion

Greene v. St. Louis County

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided July 13, 1959No. 47060PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOUSER, Commissioner.

• St. Louis County formulated plans and .commenced to widen and rebuild a segment of Florissant Road on the assumption that it had a 100-foot right of way. The owners of 21 tracts of land abutting on that segment of Florissant Road contended that the county had only a 60-foot 'right of way; that they owned and for years had used' and occupied the 20-foot strip on each side of the 60-foot right of way and that the county had no right to deprive them of their property without exercising the right of eminent domain. A controversy ensued which resulted in 'the filing of this…

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2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Ells v. Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
  2. Beetschen v. Shell Pipe Line Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1952
  3. La Presto v. La PrestoSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
  4. Lingo v. BurfordSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
  5. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. YoungSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cherry v. City of Hayti HeightsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
  2. Harris v. L. P. & H. Construction Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1969
  3. Nika Corp. v. City of Kansas City, Mo.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1984
  4. STATE EX INF. VOIGTS, ETC. v. City of Pleasant ValleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1970
  5. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. JensenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1962

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