State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Texaco, Inc.

JULIAN M. LEVITT, Special Judge.

This case involves an appeal from a judgment for the defendants in a condemnation proceeding wherein the defendants were awarded a judgment of $60,000. The State of Missouri condemned land in the City of St. Louis for the construction of highway 1-44, of which two tracts, Parcel 2205 and Parcel 2206, owned by defendants Vollmer and leased by the defendant The Kroger Company, are involved in this appeal taken by defendants Vollmer and the Kroger Company.

To properly understand the questions presented on this appeal it is necessary to visualize the location of…