STATE EX REL. STATE HIGHWAY COM'N v. JOHNSON

No. KCD 28374.

563 S.W.2d 100 (1978)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION of Missouri, Appellant, v. John Forrest JOHNSON et al., Exceptions of Ray Morris, et al., Respondents.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

February 27, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Ring, Chief Counsel, Earl H. Schrader, Jr., Darold W. Jenkins, Asst. Counsel, Kansas City, for Mo. State Highway Commission.

Dan Hale, Strop, Watkins, Roberts & Hale, St. Joseph, for respondents.

Before WELBORN, Special Judge, Presiding, SHANGLER, J., and HIGGINS, Special Judge.


ROBERT R. WELBORN, Special Judge.

Condemnation proceeding. Commissioners awarded Ray Morris and his wife $41,040 damages. Both State Highway Commission and Morris excepted to commissioners' award. On jury trial, damages were assessed at $90,000.00. State Highway Commission appeals.

Ray Morris and his wife own a 380-acre farm in Holt County, between Mound City and Craig. U. S. Route 59 crossed the farm in a northwest-southeast direction. The portion lying generally...

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