Colonial Investment Co. v. City of Leawood

Miller, J.:

Both parties to this lawsuit have appealed from the rulings of the trial court in a zoning dispute.

In Count I of its second amended petition, plaintiff landowner, Colonial Investment Company, Inc., sought to estop the defendant City of Leawood from zoning the disputed tract as noncommercial; in Count II plaintiff prayed for a declaratory judgment declaring that the land was in fact zoned commercial; in Count III plaintiff asked the court to declare that Colonial had a vested right to use the land for commercial development; and in Count IV plaintiff asserted a cause of action for…