Hilton v. City of St. Louis

In the year 1881 a judgment was rendered in favor of the city of St. Louis condemning portions of lots 5, 6 and 7 of block 1 of Compton Hill Addition to the city of St. Louis, for the opening of Park avenue, and damages were assessed in favor of the owners in the sum of $1,940.40. On the twenty-seventh of' June, 1884, the city deposited in court the amount so assessed. Plaintiff and defendant, by interpleas, each claim the fund. The claim made to the fund by each is based on the alleged ownership of the land condemned. No claim is made by either party to the land itself, nor is objection made…