STATE v. McMURTREY

No. 45812.

300 S.W.2d 521 (1957)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Dan McMURTREY and Alpha McMurtrey, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

April 8, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Green & Green, Will H. D. Green, H. D. Green, West Plains, for appellants.

Robert L. Hyder, Ralph H. Duggins, Jefferson City, Richard D. Moore, West Plains, for respondent.


VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

This is a condemnation case. Commissioners awarded defendants-appellants, Dan McMurtrey and Alpha McMurtrey, husband and wife, $300 compensation for the taking of an easement for highway purposes over and across their 280-acre farm situate west of Lanton in Howell County. Defendants filed exceptions to the Commissioners' report, and upon trial in the circuit court before a jury defendants were awarded the sum of $275. Defendants appealed from...

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