Lester Real Estate Co. v. City of St. Louis
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Sfc. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jno. A. Talty, Judge. (1) Under the terms of section 21, article 2, Constitution, one whose property is damaged for public use is entitled, at any timie after the work has commenced, to have his compensation adjusted and paid, without reference to the fact that the work is not completed. Hickman y.
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Appeal from Sfc. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Jno. A. Talty, Judge. (1) Under the terms of section 21, article 2, Constitution, one whose property is damaged for public use is entitled, at any timie after the work has commenced, to have his compensation adjusted and paid, without reference to the fact that the work is not completed. Hickman y. City of Kansas, 120 Mo. 110; St. Louis, v. Hill, 116 Mo. 527; St. Louis v. Lang, 131 Mo. 412; Iron Co; v. St. Louis, .138 Mo. 608. (2) The plans for the bridge and approaches haying been made by the board of public improvements, said plans are in…
1Opinion of the Court
MAKSHALL, I.
— This is a proceeding for an injunction to restrain the defendant from constructing a bridge on Clark avenue, from Eighteenth to Twentieth streets, with approaches extending northwardly on Eighteenth and Twentieth streets.
The ordinance (No. 18834) authorizing the, construction of the bridge, provides that it shall be fifty-four feet wide and shall be according to the plans therefor adopted by the board of public improvements. The ordinance appropriates one thousand dollars towards the cost of the work, and recites that when the Union Depot Company and the Terminal Kailroad…
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