Legal Opinion

City of St. Louis v. Vasquez

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided December 12, 1960No. 47449PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOUSER, Commissioner.

The City of St. Louis, desiring to add to Lambert-St. Louis Field, a public airport and landing field in St. Louis County owned •by the city, brought proceedings in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County to condemn a tract of 14.29 acres, part of a larger tract of 34.9 acres owned by Ellen Vasquez. On January 5, 1953 the commissioners filed their report, awarding damages of $32,-152.50. The amount of the commissioners’ award was paid into court on February 21, 1957. The case was tried to a jury on the landowner’s exceptions. The jury awarded damages of $114,320 for the…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. United States v. 5139.5 Acres of Land, in Aiken and Barnwell Counties, S. C., Tract No. D-308Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
  2. City of St. Louis v. Paramount Shoe Manufacturing Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1943
  3. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. v. WalshSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
  4. St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad v. Knapp-Stout & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1901
  5. Cudney v. Midcontinent Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1953

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3Cited by54 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. KobernaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
  2. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Bloomfield Tractor Sales, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1964
  3. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. GaleenerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966
  4. City of St. Louis v. Union Quarry & Construction Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1965
  5. State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. BarronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1966

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