Legal Opinion

City of St. Louis v. Brown

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided March 30, 1900PublishedCited by 40 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. P. R. Flitcraft, Judge. (1) Commissioner Iiemmelmann was not disinterested.

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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. P. R. Flitcraft, Judge. (1) Commissioner Iiemmelmann was not disinterested. Randolph Law Eminent Domain, secs. 320 and 324; Ealmar v. Ealmar, 68 Ala. 120; Railroad v. Townsend, 36 Hun. 630; In re Buffalo, etc., 32 LIun. 289; Michigan Air Line v. Barnes, 40 Mich. 383; Railroad v. Howard, 20 Mich. 18; Antony v. S. Kensington, 13 R. 1.129; Petition for Highway, etc., 48 N. Y. 433; Railroad v. Lynch, 23 111. 597; Powers v. Bears, 12 Wis. 213; Eples v. Nieman, 5 Ind. 459; Kundinger v. City Saginaw, 59 Mich. 355; 6 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, Eminent…

1Opinion of the CourtValliant, J.

This is a condemnation proceeding to widen a part of Twelfth street in the city of St. Louis.

In 1898, Twelfth street from Market street northward to St. Charles street, was 150 feet wide, from St. Charles street north it was 80 feet wide. The next street north of St. Charles, crossing Twelfth, is Washington avenue, it being a solid block from the one street -to the other. The defendant *553Brown owned a lot extending from St. Charles street to Washington avenne having a front on each of the three streets, that is, about 200 feet on Washington avenue and St. Charles each, and 150 feet on the east…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Inhabitants of Worcester County v. Mayor of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1874
  2. Chicago, Sante Fe & California Railway Co. v. McGrewSupreme Court of Missouri · 1891
  3. City of Clinton ex rel. Thornton v. Henry CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
  4. Hannibal Bridge Co. v. SchaubacherSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
  5. Douglass v. StephensSupreme Court of Missouri · 1853

3Cited by40 opinions

  1. United States v. Becktold Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
  2. Bowman v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
  3. State v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irrigation DistrictNebraska Supreme Court · 1946
  4. City of St. Louis v. RossiSupreme Court of Missouri · 1933
  5. State ex rel. Brown v. WilsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909

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