State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Williamsville Stone Co.

PREWITT, Judge.

Plaintiff brought suit to acquire land for construction and maintenance of a highway north of Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Defendants Terrell owned property located approximately ⅛ of a mile north of Poplar Bluff. They purchased it in 1964 and previous to this action sold several tracts of less than one acre for residential building sites, leaving 20.59 acres of land. The land was not subdivided. The parties and their expert witnesses agreed that the best use of the property was “rural residential development”. Plaintiff took 6.55 acres of the land. A judgment was entered in…