Mettee v. Urban Renewal Agency

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Owsley, J.:

This is an appeal by a landowner from a jury verdict in a condemnation case. The court-appointed appraisers awarded $18,750. The jury verdict was $17,500. The appeal to this court is based principally on the failure of the trial court to prevent improper final argument.

The subject property is six twenty-five foot lots, 125 feet deep, situated at approximately 131 Southwest Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas. It is two and one-half or three blocks east of the intersection of 7th and Southwest Boulvard. For twenty years the property was rented…