Roth v. State Highway Commission of Missouri

STEPHAN, Judge.

Defendant State Highway Commission of Missouri appeals from the trial court’s granting of a motion for new trial on the ground that the verdict for defendant was against the weight of the evidence. Plaintiffs action against defendant is in the nature of a claim for inverse condemnation, in which plaintiff sought damages for the interference with the use of his property.

Plaintiff owned a tract of land of approximately 84 acres in St. Louis County located partially in the Village of Bel-Ridge and partially in the Village (now City) of St. John. This property was in the pathway of…