St. Louis & Florissant Railroad v. Almeroth

The defendant, Almeroth, has appealed to this court from a judgment of the circuit court of St. Louis county, confirming commissioners’ report of damages sustained by him in consequence of the condemnation, by the plaintiff, of a portion of his land for railroad purposes. Exceptions were filed to the report of the commissioners in the circuit court, based solely upon the ground that the damages awarded were inadequate. At the hearing of the exceptions, testimony as to the value of the land taken, and the damages thereby sustained by the defendant, was introduced by both parties, at the…