CITY OF SPRINGFIELD v. BRECHBUHLER

No. 76920.

895 S.W.2d 583 (1995)

CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, a Municipal Corporation, ex rel. BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, Appellant, v. Alice M. BRECHBUHLER, Wilbert Forrester and Stella Forrester, Gary Snyder a/k/a Gary Allen Snyder, Randall Snyder, Diane Snyder, F. Elaine Bollinger and Jacob Bollinger, Robert A. Burk, Michael W. Burk, and Jo I. Burk, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex C. McCall, Turner White, III, Springfield, William H. Sanders, Sr., Kansas City, for appellant.

George M. Johnson, Springfield, for respondents.

Fred Boeckmann, Columbia, for amicus, City of Columbia.


THOMAS, Judge.

This is an appeal by the City of Springfield from the trial court's dismissal of Springfield's petition to condemn by eminent domain gas line easements outside of a county in which Springfield is located. We affirm.

I.

On January 28, 1993, Springfield's Board of Public Utilities condemned easements on the respondents' land in Lawrence County, Missouri, for the purpose of transporting natural gas to Springfield to produce electricity...

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