Reid v. Jones

DIXON, Presiding Judge.

Defendants, in an action to widen a private roadway pursuant to § 228.350,1 appeal from a judgment widening the roadway and marking out the boundaries by the commissioners appointed for that purpose. Trial to a jury of exceptions, to the commissioners’ award of $200 damages to defendants, resulted in a verdict of $2,400 in damages which neither party has questioned on this appeal.

The principal issue is the effect and meaning of § 228.350 and its relationship with other sections of the statutes relating to private roads.

The roadway in question runs for about 1785-1790…