Reinecker v. Board of Trustees

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

This is an action by the plaintiff landowners to enjoin the Board of Trustees of the Fort Scott Community Junior College from condemning a tract of land containing approximately 132 acres. The action was tried to the court which found in favor of the defendant and entered judgment accordingly. The plaintiffs have appealed from that judgment. Throughout this opinion, we shall refer to the parties as plaintiffs on the one hand, and defendant, or board, on the other.

As found by the trial court the following facts appear: For many years the…