State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Goodson

BOHLING, C.

[859] This is a condemnation proceeding arising out of the relocation of U. S. Highway 36 across 216 acres of land owned by Grandison A. and Elizabeth C. Goodson, Jr., husband and wife, defendants, in Macon County, Missouri. AVe refer to the parties as styled in the trial court. Plaintiff’s petition sought the appropriation of 11.17 acres for new right-of-way and 2.47 acres for permanent easement for a drainage ditch across the defendants’ land and the appointment of commissioners to assess the just compensation due defendants therefor. Commissioners were appointed and awarded…