Gorrill v. City of Lawrence

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This is an action by adjacent property owners to enjoin the city of Lawrence from narrowing, vacating or otherwise reducing the present paved width of a street.

The trial court held that the city should be enjoined until such time as it acquired the interest of the plaintiffs therein by purchase or through appropriate eminent domain proceedings.

Both sides have appealed.

The facts material for disposition of the case are not in dispute. Iowa Street is a principal north-south street in the west part of Lawrence. Because of its location, its…