State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Williams

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

In this condemnation case the commissioners awarded defendants the sum of $14,750 a9 damages for the appropriation, of their property and both parties filed exceptions. The circuit court trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendants in the amount of $15,000 and plaintiff has duly appealed therefrom. Since the amount in controversy' is in excess of $7,500 our jurisdiction is apparent. Article V, § 3, Constitution of Missouri, 1945, V.A.M.S, '

Plaintiff condemned the whole of defendants’ property in connection with improvements being made upon U. S. Route 69. The…