State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Union Electric Co.

This cause was commenced to condemn certain land for state highway purposes. Commissioners were appointed and assessed defendants' damages at $3150. Plaintiff filed exceptions to the report. A jury trial was waived, and the cause tried before the court, resulting in a finding that defendants were "not damaged by reason of the appropriation of the real estate described in plaintiff's petition" for the reason that they had "no right, title or interest in and to said real estate." Defendants appealed separately and the appeals were numbered separately here, but there is only one cause. [1]…