KJC Development Corp. v. Land Trust of Jackson County

WHITE, Judge.

The trial court denied KJC Development Corporation’s (KJC) petition to quiet title to and for possession of certain real property. The court of appeals affirmed and we granted transfer. The property at issue is a seventeen-story office building described as “Swope’s Addition, Lots 71 & 72 — IMPROVEMENTS ONLY” located at 10th and Grand streets in downtown Kansas City. Also relevant is the land underneath and surrounding the budding described as “Swope’s Addition, Lots 71 <& 72 — LAND ONLY.” Reversed and remanded.

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Although the parties moved for summary judgment, they submitted…