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

SPINDEN, Judge.

The primary issue in this appeal is whether the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission (MHTC) can abandon its condemnation action for a temporary construction easement after the property owner challenges the original condemnation award of $1000 and obtains a jury verdict of $20,000. We resolve this and other issues pending in this cross appeal by concluding, as the trial court did, that MHTC had the authority to abandon its condemnation, and we affirm the trial court’s awarding interest to the respondents on the difference between the commissioners’ award of $1000 and…