Missouri family wins $2.1M after rejecting $238K offer for ancestral land
A Missouri family's 15-acre property, purchased in 1904, became the subject of a prolonged eminent domain dispute after St. Louis County seized it for a highway project. The county had initially offered the family $238,000 for the land, which they rejected. A jury assessed the property's value at $1.3 million, and the court added $650,000 to account for heritage value and accrued interest, bringing the total award to approximately $2.1 million. The Missouri Supreme Court subsequently upheld the full judgment in the family's favor.
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