Nauheim v. City of Topeka

The opinion of the court was delivered by Biles, J.:

*649 **146 Whenever federal funding is not involved, and real property is acquired by a condemning authority through negotiation in advance of a condemnation action or through a condemnation action, the authority must pay relocation benefits to any person who moves from the property as a direct result of the acquisition. K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 26-518(a) (condemning authority's duties to displaced person in acquiring real property); 42 U.S.C. § 4601 (6)(A)(i)(I) (2012) (definition of displaced person). This appeal seeks to define what the statutory…