UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY v. STURMFELS

No. 51113.

401 S.W.2d 480 (1966)

UNION ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation, Respondent, v. G. W. STURMFELS and Vera Sturmfels, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Kenneth Thies, Kerth, Thies & Schreiber, Clayton, for respondent.

James J. Sauter, Charles M. Deeba, Deeba, DeStefano, Sauter & Herd, St. Louis, for appellants.


STOCKARD, Commissioner.

Defendants have appealed from the judgment entered pursuant to unanimous jury verdict wherein they were awarded $42,500 as compensation for the appropriation by plaintiff of an easement across their land for the construction and operation of an electric transmission line. The difference between the amount of the award and the amount to which defendants claim they are entitled exceeds $15,000.

Defendants first contend that the trial...

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