State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Wright

WESTHUES, Judge.

The issue in this case is the question of damages in a condemnation case wherein land on which was located a motel owned and operated by James R. Knapp and Ruth M. Knapp was taken by the State Highway Commission for the purpose of constructing a limited access highway. State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Clevenger, 365 Mo. 970, 291 S.W.2d 57; State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. James, 356 Mo. 1161, 205 S.W.2d 534. The motel was located at Hazelgreen, Missouri, which is about midway between Lebanon and Waynesville in Laclede County, Missouri. The Knapps owned about…