Urban Renewal Agency v. Tate

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schroeder, J.:

This is an appeal in a condemnation action.

The underlying question is whether the trial court erred in giving an instruction to the jury which the appellant alleges to be a directed verdict for the landowner.

In the year 1958 the Urban Renewal Agency of the Wichita, Kansas, Metropolitan Area (appellant) by and through its agents and employees, informed Elizabeth Tate (appellee), the landowner herein, that it was going to take her property as a part of an urban renewal project. It was not, however, until December, 1961, when appraisers for…