City of St. Louis v. Lanigan
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — I-Ion. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) The amount of damages- allowed to appellant is inadequate and insufficient compensation for the loss of his property. (2) The circuit court committed error in holding itself “governed in a measure by rules similar to those that govern it in reviewing the verdict of a jury,” and that the report should be set “aside only when it clearly appears that it is founded in mistake, fraud or prejudice.”
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — I-Ion. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) The amount of damages- allowed to appellant is inadequate and insufficient compensation for the loss of his property. (2) The circuit court committed error in holding itself “governed in a measure by rules similar to those that govern it in reviewing the verdict of a jury,” and that the report should be set “aside only when it clearly appears that it is founded in mistake, fraud or prejudice.” Bridge Co. v. Schaubacher, 49 Mo. 555 ; Bridge Co. v. Bing, 58 Mo. 491, (8) The judgment should be reversed because it is…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
This proceeding was instituted in the circuit court of St. Louis city for the purpose of extending and opening High street, which is numerically Twelfth street, 'from Lucas avenue to Franklin avenue. As might be readily suspected by those acquainted with the city of St. Louis in that locality, the opening of the street there involved the property rights and interests of a large number of defendant owners, and the record in consequence is very voluminous.
On the coming in of the report of the commissioners, three of the land-owners excepted. All of them, however, abandoned the contest as to the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Blair v. Chicago & Alton RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs R. R. v. Campbell, Nelson & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Gates v. TustenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
- Huxley v. HarroldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- Schad v. SharpSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Neenan v. City of St. JosephSupreme Court of Missouri · 1894
- Kansas City v. BaconSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Hadley v. BerneroMissouri Court of Appeals · 1903
- Kansas City v. SmartSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- Thompson v. Chicago, Santa Fe & California Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1892
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