Kurtz v. Knapp

This is an action to cancel a taxbill claimed to be a lien on plaintiff’s property in Kansas City. Tbe judgment in tbe trial court, was for tbe defendants.

Tbe first ground for its cancellation is that tbe sidewalk for which the tax was levied was not built on Prospect avenue, tbe street designated by tbe ordinance, but on plaintiff’s private property. Tbe facts are that tbe street called Prospect avenue was formerly a county road forty feet in width. It was widened to eighty feet by taking twenty feet from tbe adjoining property on either side. Tbe walk in this case was laid on this twenty…