State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Mount Moriah Cemetery Ass'n
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
HYDE, Special Commissioner.
Condemnation for state highway purposes of land owned by defendant Cemetery Association. The jury found defendant’s damages to be $90,000 while the amount claimed by defendant was over $950,000.00, which difference gives this court jurisdiction.
Defendant operates a garden-type cemetery for profit. It owns 220 acres and has been selling grave spaces since 1922. 180 acres were included in its plan of development with 40 acres used for other purposes. At the time of the trial all the grave spaces sold were on the south 80 acres. The north 100 acres through which the…
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of St. Louis v. Union Quarry & Construction Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- St. Agnes Cemetery v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Graceland Park Cemetery Company v. City of OmahaNebraska Supreme Court · 1962
- State v. Lincoln Memory Gardens, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1961
- Cementerio Buxeda, Inc. v. People of Puerto RicoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority of Kansas City v. W.F. Coen & Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1989
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