State ex rel. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission v. McCann

SHANGLER, Judge.

The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission commenced a series of condemnation actions to take private lands for the construction of Interstate 435 in Platte County around the circumference of Kansas City to facilitate interstate traffic flow as well as access to that environ. The condemnation actions began in the circuit court of Platte County in early 1974 and continued into 1975. The commissioners duly returned reports and thereafter the Highway Commission as well as all the landowners excepted to the awards. These separate litigations [fifteen in number] remained…