State Ex Rel. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission v. Roth

KELLY, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is the culmination of protracted proceedings initiated over a decade ago when plaintiff-respondent Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission (hereinafter Missouri Highway) sought to condemn property owned by defendants-appellants Donald E. Roth, trustee, d/b/a Jordan Blythe Company and Don Roth Development Company, and by other persons not parties to this appeal. The condemnation commissioners awarded appellants $4,220,000.00 to which both sides excepted. During the pendency of a jury trial on. the issue of damages, Missouri Highway paid the…