Union Electric Company Missouri v. Edward

This is a condemnation proceeding by the Union Electric Company, a corporation, under Chapter 523, RSMo 1949, V.A.M.S., for a right of way across, among other lands, 260 acres owned by Edward J. McNulty and Edna McNulty, husband and wife, in St. Charles County, Missouri, for high voltage electric transmission lines. Commissioners appointed by the court assessed defendants damages at $3,115, which plaintiff paid into court on October 30, 1959. Upon a trial of exceptions filed by plaintiff and defendants, a jury awarded defendants $23,000 damages. Plaintiffs motion for new trial was sustained on several grounds. Defendants McNulty have appealed.