State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Galloway

BARRETT, Commissioner.

The particular matter involved upon this appeal stems from a condemnation proceeding. In connection with the construction of an overpass at the junction of *481Highway Routes 66 and 166 west of Springfield, the State Highway Commission condemned certain land including a part of a tract owned by Grover C. and Jessie Rose Donica. The petition in condemnation was filed in the Circuit Court of Greene County on May IS, 1951. It does not appear that any question was raised concerning the principal proceeding. Almost immediately commissioners were appointed to assess damages, and…