Siemers v. St. Louis Electric Terminal Railway Co.

Plaintiffs sought to enjoin defendant from constructing an underground railway in Twelfth Street, St. Louis, upon which plaintiffs' lot abutted. By stipulation the cause proceeded as one in condemnation under Sec. 1504 et seq., R.S. 1939, 2 Ann. Stat., sec. 1340 et seq., p. 1533 et seq. Commissioners were appointed and reported; plaintiffs filed exceptions; a jury found for defendant and plaintiffs appealed. The judgment was reversed and the cause remanded. [Siemers et al. v. St. Louis Electric Terminal Ry. Co., 343 Mo. 1201, 125 S.W.2d 865.] A second trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff…