[DOWNLOAD] "Green v. State Highway Commission" by Supreme Court of Kansas # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Green v. State Highway Commission
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 11, 1959
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 60 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an appeal from a judgment in a state highway
condemnation case. In May, 1956, the State Highway Commission,
desiring to enlarge the intersection of U.S. 40 Highway and
Kansas Highway 13 (K 13), filed its petition for the appointment
of appraisers for the taking of 3.43 acres from the landowners
and their rights of access to approximately one and
three-quarters miles on each side of U.S. 40 Highway east of the
intersection, and 450 feet north and south of the intersection on
the east side of K 13. This intersection is located approximately
50 miles west of Topeka, approximately sixteen miles east of
Junction City, and approximately eight miles south of Manhattan.
Appraisers were appointed who made an award on May 31, 1956, of
$1,597.15 for abutters' rights, land taken, abstracting and
fencing. Being dissatisfied with the appraisement, the landowners
filed with the clerk of the district court their notice of appeal
and a bond as provided by law. The commission did not appeal from
the appraisement. The appeal was tried to a jury in the district court of Geary
County, which returned a verdict and fixed the landowners'
damages as follows: