Handlan-Buck Company v. State Highway Commission

WESTHUES, Judge.

Plaintiffs are corporations owning and operating a business in the City of St. ■ouis, Missouri, located on First Street between Poplar and Plum Streets. They ■filed this suit in the Circuit Court of Cole County asking in Count I of the petition that the defendant State Highway Commission be enjoined from closing Poplar Street at Third Street and in Count II, they ask damages in the sum of $707,000.

Defendant State Highway Commission filed a motion to dismiss the petition on the ground that the petition failed to state a cause of action. The trial court sustained the motion.…