City of Moberly v. Hogan

This is a condemnation proceeding by the city of Moberly to condemn a strip of land of defendant, under an ordinance which recited that the condemnation and appropriation of said land was for an extension of West Reed Street, in said city, so that the extension would intersect Parks Avenue. The intersection is at an acute angle. The defendant owns, and since the year 1908, or earlier, has owned a tract of forty-two and one-half acres within the limits of said city. Reed Street runs east and west, and its west end runs to the east line of defendant's said tract, striking the east line at a…