Knop v. Gardner Edgerton Unified School District No. 231

Malone, J.:

Treva L. Knop, Arlene Barlow, Rodney Barlow, Mymice M. Reimer, and Gary Reimer, plaintiffs, appeal the district court’s decision granting Gardner Edgerton Unified School District No. 231’s (U.S.D. No. 231) motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ petition for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. U.S.D. No. 231 purchased land from the plaintiffs under threat of condemnation for the stated purpose of building a school. Less than 2 years later, without building a school on the land, U.S.D. No. 231 sold the property to a developer for a profit of over one million…