State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Leftwich

DEW, Judge.

The State of Missouri, at the relation of the State Highway Commission, brought this proceeding to condemn certain real estate for highway purposes in DeKalb County. A fraction of an acre was taken along the road frontage on Highway 36 from a tract owned by the defendants here*744in, and a gravel road was constructed parallel to the highway and between defendants’ new frontage and the highway. The appraisers appointed 'by the court awarded these defendants $300 as damages by reason of the appropriation' of their land, and the road construction. Defendants filed exceptions. On change of…