Van Mol v. Urban Renewal Agency

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hatcher, C.:

This is an appeal from the verdict and judgment rendered in the district court on an appeal from the appraisers’ award in a condemnation case.

The appellees, Jeremiah Van Mol and Ella, his wife, owned twenty-four and one-half acres of land located in Wyandotte County, Kansas. The tract fronted on 34th Street on the west and Steele Road on the south. Four and one-half acres of the tract consisted of a building site on which were located four homes belonging to the landowners and their children, and dairy buildings, barns and a garage used in…