School District v. Phoenix Land & Improvement Co.

This is a condemnation proceeding by plaintiff, the School District of Kansas City, Missouri, to acquire a site for a high school in said city. The proceeding is under Section 11143, Revised Statutes 1919, which provides that the procedure is governed by the statute relating to the condemnation of land for railroad purposes. The plaintiff sought to condemn fifty-three separate lots of land in "The Highlands," a platted addition within the corporate limits of Kansas City, Missouri. As originally platted, the addition consisted of eighty acres, which were by the plat subdivided into blocks,…