Vandegrift v. City of Wichita

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This was an action to enjoin the collection of an alleged illegal special assessment against plaintiffs land. The appeal is from an order overruling plaintiffs motion for judgment on the" pleadings.

The city of Wichita, under authority of G. S. 1949, 26-201, con demned a thirty-foot strip of plaintiff’s property for street widening purposes. The commissioners in condemnation awarded her the sum of $4,500 for the land so taken, and then, by virtue of a city ordinance creating a sole benefit district of plaintiff’s land so remaining, under G. S.…