Mettee v. Kemp

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Prager, J.:

This is an appeal in a condemnation action brought by the Kansas Department of Transportation in July 1982, to condemn land owned by Richard B. Mettee and his family (the landowners). The subject property is located on the northwest corner of the north intersection of highways K-7 and K-10 in Johnson County. The land was condemned for the purpose of widening K-7 and constructing a cloverleaf interchange. The land involved in this case was a rectangular-shaped tract consisting of approximately 235 acres before the condemnation and 196 acres…