Legal Opinion

Attorney General Opinion No.

Kansas Attorney General Reports

Decided September 28, 1999Published

1Opinion of the Court

William L. Frost Manhattan City Attorney 323 Poyntz Avenue, Suite 204 Manhattan, Kansas 66502-6003

Dear Mr. Frost:

You request our opinion regarding the use of a city building located on property that was dedicated as a public square in 1857. Specifically, you inquire whether the City may allow private non-profit organizations the use of such building to house the organizations' offices and provide services to a portion of the public.

You indicate that in 1857 a square block within the City was dedicated on the original city plat as a "public square." For more than fifty years the property has…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Duckworth v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1988
  2. McKernon v. City of RenoNevada Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Roach v. City of TuscumbiaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  4. Summit County Historical Society v. City of AkronOhio Court of Appeals · 1961
  5. Allen v. Village of SavageSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1961

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