Wells v. State Highway Commission

WEIER, Commissioner.

This is a suit for damages brought by plaintiff landowners against the State Highway Commission because of an alleged silting of plaintiffs’ pond during the course of highway construction. Upon trial in the lower court, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs Wells in the amount of $11,000.00. To this the trial court, referring to Section 523.045, R.S. Mo.1969, V.A.M.S., added interest in the sum of $4,235.00, computed at six per cen-tum per annum on a period from January 1, 1964 to June 1, 1970, the time that followed the alleged damages down to time of…