City of Columbia v. Baurichter

WELLIVER, Judge.

Appellants, the City of Columbia, Missouri, the Anderson heirs and the Baurichters, appeal from the Boone County Circuit Court’s February 14,1985 Amended Memorandum Decision apportioning condemnation damages to appellants Baurichter and respondents Coats. The Court of Appeals, Western District, dismissed the City’s appeal for lack of standing and held that the City’s failure to negotiate deprived the circuit court of jurisdiction to hear the condemnation action. We transferred the case to examine the jurisdiction question. We find that the City had standing and that the…