City of St. Louis v. Turner

This is ’ a proceeding in condemnation. It was instituted by appellant on September 8, 1919, pursuant to Ordinance No. 30,259, which provided for the widening of Twelfth Street from Spruce Street to Market Street. Such widening called for the appropriation of forty feet off the ends of the lots fronting west on Twelfth Street as theretofore established. The street has long since been widened, opened and established in conformity with the ordinance ; this proceeding has to do merely with the assessments of damages and benefits with respect to two pieces of property.

One of the properties…