DENT v. CITY OF KANSAS CITY

No. 47,219

214 Kan. 257 (1974)

519 P.2d 704

GENE L. DENT, JOHN H. FIELDS, KENNETH HAMILTON, WALTER G. KLAMM, THOMAS E. MAULDIN, VIOLET MEDLEY, HARRIETT O'BRIEN, WILLIAM A. STRUMILLO, Appellants, v. CITY OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, a Municipal Corporation, Appellee, and WESTBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Fields, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and Walter G. Klamm, of Kansas City, [both pro se], was with him on the brief for the appellants.

Edward H. Powers, of Kansas City, argued the cause for Westborough Development, Inc., [intervenor], appellee.

A.B. Howard, Assistant City Attorney, of Kansas City, was on the brief for the City of Kansas City, Kansas, appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

KAUL, J.:

Plaintiffs-appellants brought this action to test the reasonableness and legality of an ordinance enacted by defendant-appellee, City of Kansas City, Kansas, rezoning a tract of land owned by defendant-intervenor, Westborough Development, Inc. In their petition appellants describe themselves as citizens, residents, taxpayers and owners of property in the city and they allege that a number of them own real...

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