Alber v. City of Kansas

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This case involves the right of the city of Kansas City to levy special assessments on the lots and lands of C. A. Alber and others, who have been named as plaintiffs, for the construction of a sewer in the northeast part of Kansas City. That part of the city adjoins the Fairfax drainage district, which lies mostly outside of the corporate limits of Kansas City, and the city and the district entered into a contract to unite in the joint project of sewering and draining a strip of territory on the northeast side of the city, and the…