(DOWNLOAD) "Board of Park Commissioners v. Fitch" by Supreme Court of Kansas * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Board of Park Commissioners v. Fitch
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 11, 1959
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
Description
The opinion of the court was delivered by The Board of Park Commissioners of the city of Wichita began a
proceeding to condemn a piece of real estate belonging to the
appellees Fitch in February, 1956. The landowners being
dissatisfied with the appraisement thereof appealed to the
district court. In the trial in the district court, the jury
rendered a verdict finding that the value of the land condemned
amounted to $50,000. Appellant appealed to this court from the
verdict of the jury and from the order of the district court
overruling its motion for a new trial. The landowners have
cross-appealed as to the matter of interest on the judgment. We
shall hereinafter refer to appellant as the park board and the
appellees as the landowners. In the beginning, we will state certain facts which appear to
be undisputed. The land involved in this appeal is a tract of
approximately 29.4 acres located near the southern boundary of
the city of Wichita. It had been recently brought into the city.
The tract contains two lakes which are separated by a continuous
piece of land which is made up of especially fine, white sand.
The lakes together would account for some fifteen acres of the
area and are surrounded by land which would give room for a road
and other
[184 Kan. 510]