Kansas City v. Brown
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Thomas B. Buckner, Judge. (1) Appellant’s petition to dismiss these proceedings specially charged its purposes were illegal. The ordinance was charged to he illegal because its purposes were not for the general public good, but to subserve private and illegal purposes, ■ Appellant’si claim for damages alleges its purposes were to benefit the Terminal Railway Company.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. Thomas B. Buckner, Judge. (1) Appellant’s petition to dismiss these proceedings specially charged its purposes were illegal. The ordinance was charged to he illegal because its purposes were not for the general public good, but to subserve private and illegal purposes, ■ Appellant’si claim for damages alleges its purposes were to benefit the Terminal Railway Company. Appellant’s claim for damages alleged its purposes were to benefit owners of private property on the same street, south of 25th Street, and alleged its purposes were to' consummate…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
Kansas City brought this suit in the municipal court under article 7 of its charter to ascertain and assess the damages and benefits resulting from a change in the grade of Wyandotte Street between Plaza Road and Twenty-fifth Street. The appellant, who is the owner of 157 feet of land on the’northwest corner of Wyandotte and Twenty-fifth 'Street, filed 'a claim for damages in this proceeding on the account of the change in the grade of Wyandotte Street opposite his property. Along 132 feet of the frontage of this lot or parcel of laud on. Wyandotte Street there is practically no change in the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Soon Hing v. CrowleySupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- People ex rel. Morrison v. CregierIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- Rude v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1887
- Kansas City v. HydeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1906
- State ex inf. Crow v. FlemingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Span v. Jackson-Walker Coal & Mining Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1929
- Strandberg v. Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- Oglesby v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1927
- Heather v. City of PalmyraSupreme Court of Missouri · 1925
- Christy v. C.B. Q.R.R. Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1948
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