Dent v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kaul, J.:

Plaintiffs-appellants brought this action to test the reasonableness and legality of an ordinance enacted by defendant-appellee, City of Kansas City, Kansas, rezoning a tract of land owned by defendant-intervenor, Westborough Development, Inc. In their petition appellants describe themselves as citizens, residents, taxpayers and owners of property in the city and they allege that a number of them own real estate in an addition developed by West-borough Development, Inc., known as Normandy West, which lies adjacent to, and south of, the rezoned…