State ex rel. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission v. Pinnell

PREWITT, Judge.

Relator sought, in the underlying action, to condemn property owned by Lloyd A. Garoutte and Alice M. Garoutte. Following the initial hearing on relator’s condemnation petition, respondent stated that he would dismiss the petition for relator’s failure to show good faith negotiations to purchase the property, but would stay the order for fifteen days if relator wanted to seek prohibition or mandamus.

Within that time relator filed a petition seeking this court’s order prohibiting respondent from dismissing the condemnation petition and issuing a writ of mandamus directing…