State ex rel. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission v. Roth

KAROHL, Judge.

This is a 1976 highway condemnation case involving 83.6 acres1 of industrial zoned property owned by defendant-respondent Donald E. Roth and others [Roth], in St. Louis County. The commissioners awarded defendants $4,220,000. Both sides filed exceptions. The 1983 circuit court jury trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for Roth in the sum of $3,250,-000. Plaintiff-condemnor moved timely for a new trial and now appeals the amount of the judgment.

Roth purchased the property in 1968. It is a tract containing 83.6 acres. The land taken for the highway right-of-way was 24.5 acres.…