State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. St. Charles County Associates

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

The State Highway Commission condemned land owned by Ida Kaplan. She leased a portion of the land to Shell Oil Company. Appellant Honerkamp was a tenant of Shell Oil Company. Appellants Todds operated the “Skyline Motel” on the property as sublessees from 1970 to 1974. In 1974, they sent a letter to Ida Kaplan expressing their interest in remaining tenants on the property in a month-to-month capacity.

This arrangement remained in effect until 1978 when Ida Kaplan gave written notice to the Todds of termination of the tenancy.

The Commission awarded $168,500.00 as just…