Keplinger v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

The city commissioners of Kansas City, Kan., entered upon a project for the paving of a street. Abutting owners brought an action to enjoin them from carrying it out on the ground that for various reasons the statutes did not permit it. The case was heard by the four judges of the district court and a permanent injunction was granted. The defendants appeal.

The plan adopted by the defendants involves the issuance of bonds for the paving, the cost to be met by assessment against the abutting property. One of the objections made is that the city…