Section 9 Jurisdictional and Statutory Prerequisites

• Library: Condemnation Practice 2009

Condemnation proceedings are sui generis and are governed exclusively by Chapter 523, RSMo, and Rule 86 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. Ark.-Mo. Power Co. v. Hamlin, 288 S.W.2d 14 (Mo. App. S.D. 1956); State ex rel. Wash. Univ. Med. Ctr. Redevelopment Corp. v. Gaertner, 626 S.W.2d 373 (Mo. banc 1982); State ex rel. Mo. Highway & Transp. Comm’n v. Bush, 911 S.W.2d 690 (Mo. App. E.D. 1995). The other Rules of Civil Procedure only apply to the condemnation proceedings when consistent with Rule 86 and when necessary to fill gaps and expedite the...