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Article: Drawing the line on eminent domain; States rush to counter court ruling.(PAGE ONE)(SPECIAL REPORT)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 9, 2005
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Byline: Joyce Howard Price, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Jim Seelbach, 83, lives in a suburb of St. Louis and he is about to lose his home of 20 years. The city wants it to make way for a shopping center.
Mr. Seelbach and several dozen neighbors in the city of Sunset Hills face an eminent-domain order that could seize their properties to develop the $160 million complex filled with stores and offices.
Even if he were amenable to moving, he says the money offered for his home would make it impossible to find similar housing.
Mr. Seelbach has refused to accept the $118,000 offered for his two-bedroom, one-bath frame dwelling in the Sunset Manor ...