Murray v. State Board of Regents

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

These appeals stem from a controversy over a condemnation proceeding brought by the State Board of Regents to acquire a tract of land on behalf of the Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, for engineering research.

Because of the rather complicated manner in which the appeals reached this court a chronological presentation of both the substantive and procedural facts will be helpful.

In the early spring of 1962, the Kansas State University was preparing to make application to the federal government for grants for the purpose of…