City of Wichita v. May's Company Inc.
Supreme Court of Kansas
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Owsley, J.:
This is a condemnation case. The City of Wichita appeals from a jury award of $9,000 for a sewer easement. The principal issue on appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict.
Landowner, Ed Dunn & Sons Sign Company, Inc., one of eighteen landowners from whom the City of Wichita acquired lateral sewer easements, appealed to the district court from the appraisers’ award of $295.00. Landowner’s tract is 88 feet by 455 feet and the easement is a strip eight feet wide running the entire 455-foot length of its south boundary.
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