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

SNYDER, Judge.

The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission condemned a 20 by 75 foot strip of land owned by appellants on Manchester Road in Kirkwood. A jury returned a verdict awarding appellants $15,-000 in damages for the taking and they appealed from the ensuing judgment. The judgment is affirmed.

*837Appellants contend that the trial court erred by: 1) denying their motion for a mistrial when the jury heard that commissioners had acted to determine damages for the taking of appellants’ land; 2) allowing a witness to testify about the contents of City of Kirkwood records rather than…