State ex rel. City of Warrensburg v. Stroh

TURNAGE, Chief Judge.

The City of Warrensburg appeals following judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding the Strohs $75,000 for the taking of a permanent sanitary sewer line easement. The dispositive question is the admissibility of an exhibit prepared by the Strohs’ attorney and presented to the commissioners which showed the Strohs’ damages to be $30,169. Reversed and remanded.

The City of Warrensburg filed a petition in condemnation to acquire a sewer line *216easement on the Strohs’ land. The court ordered the property condemned and appointed commissioners. The Strohs’ attorney noted certain…