[DOWNLOAD] "Bell v. City of Topeka" by Supreme Court of Kansas " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Bell v. City of Topeka
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 23, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an action instituted by plaintiffs-appellants, Rex K. and Arleta J. Bell, against the City of Topeka and members of its governing body seeking injunctive relief in preventing the city from enforcing certain ordinances levying and assessing part of the costs against their real estate for improving and widening Burlingame Road. The real estate of plaintiffs is situated adjacent to Burlingame Road and is within a benefit district created by the city in connection with the project. Burlingame Road is one of the oldest established roads in the Topeka area. In 1859 the legislature declared it to be a Territorial Road within the description of Chapter CXI of the Laws of 1859. At the time it was a section of a road described by the legislature as running from Atchison to Superior by way of Grasshopper Falls. Shawnee County took over and maintained that portion of the road that was within its boundaries. In a series of annexations, extending from 1952 to 1959, the area in question was [220 Kan. 407]