City of Mulvane v. Roberts

Johnson, J.:

Following conviction in municipal court for traffic-related violations of the Mulvane City Code, Jeffeiy T. Roberts filed a notice of appeal directly with the Sumner County District Court. The district court dismissed Roberts’ appeal, finding it lacked jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a municipal court located in Sedgwick County and, without jurisdiction, it could not transfer the appeal to Sedgwick County. We disagree with Roberts’ assertions that Sumner County had concurrent jurisdiction to hear tire appeal, or, in the alternative, that the Sumner County Court should have…