State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Riggs

This case is here by plaintiff appealing from a verdict and judgment rendered in the circuit court of Laclede county wherein the defendant obtained judgment in a condemnation proceeding to obtain right of way over defendant’s land for the establishment and construction of Highway numbered 66.

There is no controversy here over the pleadings. The petition is in the usual form alleging that the plaintiff is unable to agree with the defendant, owner of the land described in the petition, as to the proper compensation to be paid for land taken and damages to other lands and alleging that the…