City of Shawnee v. Thompson

ARNOLD, Justice.

H. G. Thompson brought an action in reverse condemnation in the District Court of Pottawatomie County against the City of Shawnee to recover, the value of a certain sewer line constructed in the public streets of Shawnee by plaintiff at his own expense.

The undisputed evidence shows that plaintiff, owner of an addition outside the city limits of Shawnee but contiguous "to Capps Addition inside said city limits, proposed to the city that inasmuch as neither Capps Addition nor his addition had water mains or sewage facilities, and that the city had no money with which to build…