State ex rel. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission v. Mertz

STEPHAN, Judge.

This action involves the condemnation of certain property in St. Louis County at the Lamp and Lantern Shopping Center (“Lamp and Lantern”). Lamp and Lantern is owned by respondents, J. Frederic Cohen and Vera F. Cohen as partners in Veeco Investment Company. After a seven day trial the jury returned a verdict in the amount of $39,500. Respondents filed a motion for new trial which was granted. Appellant, Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission, appeals from that order.

The condemnation was for the purpose of widening Clayton Road. On its eastern boundary, Lamp and Lantern…