Unruh v. Kansas Turnpike Authority

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hall, J.:

This is a condemnation appeal.

The Kansas Turnpike Authority instituted an eminent domain proceeding against the appellees’ land in Butler County, Kansas. The appellee land owners had appealed the award of the appraisers to the district court and the jury returned a verdict in their favor. The Kansas Turnpike Authority now appeals and makes five specifications of error.

The first is that the court erred in admitting certain evidence over objection which was incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial, and prejudicial to the Turnpike.

In the trial below,…