Kline v. City of Kansas City

TURNAGE, Chief Judge.

Kline and his wife, Dorothy, filed suit against the City of Kansas City to cancel a special tax bill issued for the purpose of paying for sanitary sewers. The case was submitted on a stipulation of facts and the trial court entered judgment in favor of the Klines cancelling the tax bill.

The city contends the judgment is unsupported by the evidence. Reversed.

The Klines were the owners of Lot 13, Block 7, Chouteau Estates, a subdivision in Kansas City, located in Clay County. In July of 1973, the city established a sewer district which included the Kline tract as well as…