Russell v. State Highway Commission

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

The two above-entitled cases are in every way separate and distinct. They were tried separately, briefed and submitted to this court on appeal separately, and have never in any way been consolidated. However, since they both involve the same law points, there is no occasion for two separate opinions.

They are both highway condemnation cases, where the state highway commission, on March 16, 1936, filed a petition in the district court of Wyandotte county to condemn land belonging to these.two landowners, their grantors and others for the…