State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Mahon

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

In this case plaintiff condemned a tract of land containing 2.435 acres located on U. S. Highway 40 near Odessa, Missouri. Respondents Paul A. and Dolin Mahon were the owners of the land. Appellant, Oliver Doerflinger, d/b/a Oliver Oil Company, was in possession of the premises as lessee under a five-year written lease which was to expire on March 15, 1963. A filling station building and a restaurant building were located on the premises. Appellant operated the filling station and had sublet the restaurant building to defendants Jesse H. and Edna Stenbell upon a…