State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Kemper

STEWART, Judge.

This is a condemnation proceeding initiated by plaintiff to condemn all rights of direct access between Interstate Route 44 and abutting land in the City of Eureka, Missouri. Upon trial of the exceptions of George W. Kropp and Leona W. Kropp, hereafter called defendants, judgment was entered in favor of defendants in the sum of $3,000.00.

Defendants appeal contending that the judgment as to damages in the sum of $3,000.00 is inadequate because it was not within the range of the evidence.

Plaintiff contends that defendants’ property did not abut the highway and that they did not…