Campbell v. State Highway Commission

This is a suit in equity, growing out of the procurement, by defendant, of a deed to land owned by plaintiffs.

The petition alleges that the plaintiffs were the owners of certain land in Jackson County, Missouri; that said real estate is located at the southwest intersection of Highways 50 and 35; “that previous to February 21, 1930, agents and representatives of defendant State Highway Commission endeavored to obtain from plaintiffs a deed to said tract of real estate; that plaintiffs refused to execute said deed except upon payment of the fair value of land so to be used for highway…