Dietsch v. St. Louis County

WELBORN, Commissioner.

This is an action to recover $1,800 expended by appellants in defense of a condemnation proceeding which the respondent St. Louis County abandoned. The court, on a trial without a jury, found for the county and this appeal followed.

The appellants, George and Bernice Dietsch, were the owners of a two-acre tract at 710 Josephine Drive in St. Louis County. They resided there and also grew flowers commercially on the property.

In July, 1957, St. Louis County employed two appraisers to make a “windshield” appraisal of the Dietsch property. A “windshield” appraisal was…