CITY OF KANSAS CITY v. JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORP.

No. 42,066

187 Kan. 701 (1961)

360 P.2d 29

THE CITY OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, a Municipal Corporation, Appellant, v. JONES & LAUGHLIN STEEL CORPORATION; MERCK & COMPANY, INC.; GIRTEN SALES COMPANY; BOARD OF TAX APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS; BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF QUINDARO TOWNSHIP; R.W. JENSEN, County Clerk of Wyandotte County, Kansas, and V.R. DONEGAN, County Treasurer of Wyandotte County, Kansas, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 4, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo J. Moroney, city counselor, argued the cause, and C.W. Brenneisen, Jr., city attorney, Joseph T. Carey, deputy city attorney, and Joseph A. Bukaty, deputy city attorney, were with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Robert F. Bennett, of Prairie Village, argued the cause, and Robert F. Lytle, of Prairie Village, was with him on the brief for appellees Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation and Merck & Company, Inc.; Ervin G. Johnston, of Kansas City, was on the brief for the appellee Girten Sales Company; James J. Lysaught, of Kansas City, argued the cause and was on the brief for appellee Board of Trustees of Quindaro Township, and Jean Evans, of Topeka, was on the brief for appellee Board of Tax Appeals of the State of Kansas.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

WERTZ, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the trial court sustaining appellees' motions to dismiss appellant's attempted appeal from an order of the board of tax appeals on the ground that the district court had no jurisdiction to entertain such appeal. The appellant, the city of Kansas City, will hereinafter be referred to as the city, and the appellees named in the title...

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