State ex rel. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission v. McDonald's Corp.

KAROHL, Judge.

Defendant landowners, Clarkson Clayton Center Associates, appeal from judgment on a jury verdict awarding them a total of $33,-000 in condemnation damages. They raise three points on appeal. First, the trial court erred in admitting testimony of the Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission’s (Commission) expert because he valued the taken property alone rather than as a part of the larger tract from which it was taken. Second, the trial court erred in allowing the Commission’s expert to testify because he did not use one of the accepted methods of appraisal. Third, the trial…