City of St. Louis v. Union Quarry & Construction Co.

HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is a proceeding by City of St. Louis to condemn for park purposes land in the city consisting largely of an abandoned rock quarry being used by its owners, Union Quarry & Construction Company, Walter and R. Nick Skrainka, as a private dump. Commissioners awarded landowners $35,916.57. Trial of exceptions before a judge of the circuit court, sitting without a jury, resulted in a finding of damages in the same sum, $35,916.57, and a judgment affirming the report of the commissioners. Since landowners claimed damages in the sum of $83,500 and offered evidence in support…