Randle v. Kansas Turnpike Authority

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Robb, J.:

This is an appeal in a condemnation proceeding from a trial court’s judgment in favor of the landowners and against the Kansas Turnpike Authority.

For convenience and clarity the landowners will be referred to as the Randles and the Kansas Turnpike Authority as the Authority.

The land in question consisted of 160 acres on the south side of Central Avenue (formerly U. S. highway 54) in Sedgwick county; it was bounded on the east by a county road which was six miles east of the city of Wichita. As soon as they acquired the land in 1947, the…