St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad v. St. Louis Union Stock Yards Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge; (1) Just compensation must be paid to tbe owner; a fair equivalent — a just indemnity for tbe damage tbe owner may sustain by reason of sucb appropriation, in view of tbe uses to wbicb the land may be put.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel Dillon, Judge; (1) Just compensation must be paid to tbe owner; a fair equivalent — a just indemnity for tbe damage tbe owner may sustain by reason of sucb appropriation, in view of tbe uses to wbicb the land may be put. Railroad v. McOreiu, 104 Mo. 282; Railroad v. Porter, 112 Mo. 368; Bridge Co. v. Schaubacher, 57 Mo. 582; Lewis on Eminent Domain, sec. 479. Tbe damages to be paid are for tbe injury to tbe whole of the property as it is left in view of the uses to which the part taken is to be put. 104 Mo. 291. (2) The facilities for…
1Opinion of the CourtBurgess, J.
This proceeding was instituted by plaintiff to condemn for its right of way a strip of land fifty feet in width by five hundred and fifty-five feet in length, lying parallel with and eleven feet east of the west wharf line, as established by ordinance 5403, of the city of St. Louis; said strip being a part of a tract of land owned by defendant, containing about twenty-seven acres. Twenty-two acres of this property is bounded on the north by Bremen avenue; on the east by the Mississippi river; on the south by the property of Knapp, Stout & Co., and on the west by Hail street. Five acres owned…
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