Barker v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

Plaintiffs, who are taxpayers, commenced an action against the city of Kansas City, various of its officers, and the county *697clerk and county treasurer of Wyandotte county, to enjoin the city from proceeding to condemn lands for parking stations in the city, the same to be paid for by special assessments and general tax. Issues were duly joined and the cause was tried by three judges of the district court sitting en banc, and resulted in a judgment for plaintiffs, from which the defendants appeal.

It may here be noted that in 1936 the city…