City of Kansas City, Missouri v. Telester Ameena Powell

KAREN KING MITCHELL, Judge.

This is an appeal from a condemnation action wherein the City of Kansas City sought to condemn the property of Teles-ter Ameena Powell (among others) to facilitate its construction of the East Patrol Campus, a combination police station and crime lab. The trial court granted the City’s condemnation petition, and following a trial on exceptions to the damages assessed by three appointed commissioners, a jury determined the fair market value of Powell’s property to be $55,000. Powell raises numerous challenges to both the condemnation and damages determinations. We…