Roberts v. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission

GREENE, Presiding Judge.

The Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission (Commission) appeals from the trial court’s judgment reversing the Commission’s final decision and order which directed Pauline Roberts, d/b/a Wagon Wheel Motel, to remove an outdoor sign which is located within 660 feet of the right-of-way of Route 1-44 in Crawford County, Missouri. We affirm.

The facts in the case are not in dispute. Mrs. Roberts, a 72 year-old widow, operates an 18-unit motel called the Wagon Wheel which is located adjacent to old Highway 66 at Cuba, Missouri. In 1964, after Highway 66 and the motel…