Smith v. Missouri State Highway Commission

SWOFFORD, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court affirming a ruling of the State Highway Commission denying the appellant benefits under the Federal Highway Relocation Assistance Act of 1968, 23 U.S.C.A., Chapter 5, Section 501 et seq.

We are met at the outset with a challenge to our jurisdiction. Respondent asserts that we lack jurisdiction because the proceeding before it was not such an administrative proceeding as to permit judicial review, and that the appellant, in any event, is precluded from seeking such review because the action of the Commission did not affect…