Kansas City ex rel. North Park District v. Scarritt
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. The court erred in overruling appellant’s objection to the introduction of any testimony in this case, because the act of the legislature under and by virtue of which the proceeding is had is unconstitutional and void. First. Because the purposes of said act are not clearly defined in its title, and the act contains more than one object. Const, of Mo., art. 4, sec. 28. Second.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. The court erred in overruling appellant’s objection to the introduction of any testimony in this case, because the act of the legislature under and by virtue of which the proceeding is had is unconstitutional and void. First. Because the purposes of said act are not clearly defined in its title, and the act contains more than one object. Const, of Mo., art. 4, sec. 28. Second. The act is at war with the following provision of article 9, section 17, of the constitution, by which the legislative powers of cities of the class to…
1Opinion of the CourtBabclat, J.
This is a proceeding, begun June 7, 1894, to ■ subject to public use for a park a tract of some sixty acres of land in Kansas City, Missouri,
*647The plaintiff is “Kansas City at the relation and to the use of the North Park District.”
The defendants are Mr. Nathan Searritt and a number of other parties.owning parts of, or interests in, the land sought to be taken for the park.. The trial court found for the plaintiff, and entered judgment of condemnation, from which certain of the defendants appealed after the usual preliminaries.
The proceeding is grounded upon the provisions of an act, approved…
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