State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Lancaster

WEIER, Commissioner.

Condemnation by the State Highway Commission to take .13 acre of ground *50for highway purposes. From a verdict and judgment on October 7, 1970, awarding defendants $3,000.00, an appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of Missouri. We have received the case on transfer from that court. Since the highest estimate of damages in defendants’ evidence was $20,000.-00, and the jury verdict was $3,000.00, the difference of $17,000.00 was the amount in controversy and places jurisdiction in this court. Missouri Constitution, 1945, Article V, Section 3, V.A.M.S.; Section 477.040 RSMo…