Legal Opinion
Fairfax Drainage Dist. of Wyandotte County v. Kansas City, Mo.
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided July 12, 1928No. 3223PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McDERMOTT, District Judge.
A general demurrer has been lodged against the petition, and has been elaborately briefed and argued; it now comes on for decision. The petition alleges:
Kansas City, Mo., owns approximately 54 acres of ground in Kansas, upon which is constructed its waterworks plant, the sole source of water supply for Kansas City, Mo.; the creation of- the plaintiff drainage district, within which is located the lands of the defendant; that this district was created under the Kansas statutes for the purpose of protecting the lands within the district from overflow from the Missouri…
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