Tureman v. Altman

BARRETT, C.

[ 306] This is a suit in equity to value a lot in Kansas City and thereby establish its annual rental value under the terms of a ninet3r-nine year lease executed in 1895. The lot, on the southeast corner of Eleventh and Walnut Streets, fronts forty-eight feet on AYalnut Street and 110.5 feet on Eleventh Street in the heart of the “100% downtown retail district” and with Lots 44 and 45 of Swope’s Addition is occupied by the Altman Building. There are three principal or essential questions involved upon this appeal: Whether, in the circumstances, the court had jurisdiction to value…