City of St. Louis v. Butler Co.

[373]

ELLISON, J.

This is a condemnation snit brought by the appellant City of' St. Louis to condemn for use as an alleged public street a strip of land forming a cuLde-sac and known as Edward Street, from the south line of Market Street to the north line of the right of way of the Wabash Railroad Company. Oh the defendants’, side of-’ the case only the Asphalt Company appears here. ■ At the outset it must be determined whéther this court has appellate jurisdiction of the cause under Art. Y, Sec. 3, Const. Mo. 1945, on one or another- of three theories, or whether that jurisdiction is in the…