Glaize Creek Sewer District of Jefferson County v. Gorham

Introduction

Gary and Sheila Gorham (collectively Appellants and respectively, Mr. Gorham and Mrs. Gorham) appeal from the trial court’s judgment entered upon a jury verdict assessing their damages from the appropriation of their property by Glaize Creek Sewer District of Jefferson County, Missouri (Respondent) to be $0.00. We reverse and remand.

Factual and Procedural Background

Appellants live in Jefferson County. In 2008, Respondent filed a Petition in Condemnation, seeking to acquire a permanent sewer easement and a temporary construction easement through the back yard of Appellants’…