Department of Public Works & Buildings v. Greenlee

This appeal is taken from a judgment in a condemnation proceeding in the Circuit Court of Boone County. The jury verdict, on which' the judgment was based, was that the defendants-appellees (hereafter called the defendants) were entitled to just compensation of $850 for certain property taken by the.Department of Public Works and Buildings (hereafter called the Department) and a further sum of $28,150.00 for damage to remaining property owned by defendants, caused by the taking and by “limitation of certain rights of access.”

Defendants owned a parcel of real estate having a frontage of…