Simpson v. Kansas City
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. (1) Proceedings by a corporation to condemn property for public use may be dismissed by the corporation at any time prior to a final judgment; but when they are so dismissed the corporation is liable to the property-owner for the actual loss inflicted by the institution and maintenance of the proceedings. Liesse ■v. Railroad, 2 Mo.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. (1) Proceedings by a corporation to condemn property for public use may be dismissed by the corporation at any time prior to a final judgment; but when they are so dismissed the corporation is liable to the property-owner for the actual loss inflicted by the institution and maintenance of the proceedings. Liesse ■v. Railroad, 2 Mo. App. 105; s. c., 72 Mo. 561; Railroad v. Lackland, 25 Mo. 515; St. Joseph v. Hamilton, 43 Mo. 282; Rogers v. St. Charles, 3 Mo. App. 41; McLaughlin v. Municipality, 5 La. Ann. 504; Rofficnac Street, 4 Rob. (La.) 357; O’Neill v.…
1Opinion of the CourtMacfarlane, J.
The petition in this case charged that the defendant, a municipal corporation, in 1879 commenced proceedings for widening Twelfth street in Kansas City, and for that purpose to condemn the property of plaintiffs, to-wit, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10 in block 57 of Turner & Co.’s addition to said city; that the proper ordinances were duly passed, and in 1881 damages were assessed by a jury duly impaneled by the mayor; from the judgment entered for the damages so assessed certain parties to said proceedings appealed to the circuit court of Jackson county, but that plaintiffs took no appeal; that…
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