B. F. McLean Investment Co. v. City of Wichita

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This appeal arises out of a proceeding in eminent domain, the principal question being whether the trial court erred in refusing to submit special questions requested by the city.

In February of 1952 the city of Wichita commenced a proceeding to condemn lands lying along the Arkansas River for use- in a flood control project. At that time The B. F. McLean Investment Company owned a tract of about 460 acres bounded on the west by the Arkansas River, on the north by Twenty-first Street, on the east by the Little Arkansas River and on the south…