State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Ballwin Plaza Corp.

LAURANCE M. HYDE, Special Commissioner.

Condemnation action. Defendant was awarded $98,700.00 by commissioners and both parties filed exceptions. The jury’s verdict was for $33,500.00 and judgment was entered against defendant for the excess received of $65,200.00. The lowest estimate of damages by defendant’s witnesses was $224,000.00. Defendant has appealed from the judgment against it. We affirm.

This is the second appeal in this case, the first being reported in 382 S.W.2d 633, in which we reversed and remanded a judgment against defendant for $78,700.00 for error in an instruction given at…