Baird v. City of Wichita

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action by a resident taxpayer to enjoin the city of Wichita from broadening the paving on Central avenue *101to more than twice its present width and from subjecting plaintiff’s property on Central avenue to special assessments to pay for such improvement.

Central avenue is one of the principal streets of the city of Wichita. It is about four miles long and runs east and west through the city, connecting on the east with an improved highway which leads to an aviation field near by, and to an agricultural and oil-producing district…