Taney County v. Addington

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

In this proceeding, Taney County, Missouri, condemned a right of way for a county road across the lands of the defendants, Fred and Norene Addington. The commissioners awarded defendants the sum of $400 as damages and eac?? party filed exceptions. A trial in the circuit court resulted in a verdict and judgment for defendants in the sum of $2,000. Plaintiff appealed the cause to the Springfield Court of Appeals but that court properly transferred the appeal to this court. We have appellate jurisdiction because one of the parties hereto is a county. Article V, Section 3,…