City of St. Louis v. Butler Co.

[1] This is a condemnation suit brought by the appellant, City of St. Louis, to condemn for use as a public street a strip of land 50 feet wide located in City Block 2215.

[2] City Block 2215 is bounded on the north by Market Street, on the west by Theresa Avenue, on the east by Rankin Avenue, and on the south by the right-of-way of the Wabash Railroad, located in the Mill Creek Valley. The proposed street is now a private street known as Edwin Street, and runs from Market Street to the railroad right-of-way. Along both sides of this street are business concerns. Two industrial tracks of the…