Section 18 Necessary Parties

• Library: Condemnation Practice 2009

The necessary parties for an inverse condemnation would, with rare exception, be exactly the same as for a normal condemnation. Though no Missouri cases so require, prudence would dictate that any party that could claim compensable interest should be joined for both complete adjudication and the avoidance of duplicitous litigation. Section 523.010.3 RSMo 2000, at a minimum, requires condemnors to name those in actual possession and those having title upon the public records of the county. If defending an...