State Ex Rel. Highway Commission v. Williams

Appeal from a condemnation proceeding in the circuit court of Clay county, brought to that court on change of venue from Platte county, wherein plaintiff, the State Highway Commission, sought to condemn, for hard surfaced highway purposes, a strip of land, containing 15.95 acres, across defendants’ 560-acre farm in said last named county. In addition to the right of way wanted, certain borrow pits along the right of way were also sought which, with the roadway, made up the 15.95 acres.

Commissioners appointed by the circuit court of Platte county, viewed the land and made a report awarding “no…