In Re Oak Street Kansas City v. McTernan

This controversy grows out of a proceeding to widen and extend a street under the provisions of the Charter of Kansas City. The street sought to be widened and extended is Oak, a north-and-south street. As now established it extends from 'Eighth on the north to Twentieth on the south and is fifty-six feet wide. Admiral Boulevard — an east-and-west street— lies a block north of Eighth, and the right of way, tracks and a freight yard of the Kansas City Terminal Railway Company lie immediately south of Twentieth, also an east-and-west street. On December 12, 1921, an ordinance was passed…