Section 26 Appeal of Order of Condemnation

• Library: Condemnation Practice 2009

An order of condemnation is an interlocutory order; it only becomes final for purposes of appeal after the jury has assessed damages. See:

• Norfolk & W. Ry. Co. v. Greening, 458 S.W.2d 268 (Mo. 1970)

• State ex rel. State Highway Comm’n v. Hammel, 290 S.W.2d 113 (Mo. 1956)

• State ex rel. Union Elec. Co. v. Godfrey, 673 S.W.2d 14 (Mo. banc 1984)

• State ex rel. Mo. Cities Water Co. v. Hodge, 878 S.W.2d 819 (Mo. banc 1984)

But Missouri courts have recognized that prohibition is a proper vehicle to determine the propriety of a condemnation order. State ex rel. Devanssay v. McGuire, 622 S.W.2d 323 (Mo. App. E.D. 1981). In explaining the rationale for using prohibition to ascertain
the propriety of an order of condemnation, the court in McGuire...