STATE EX REL. STEPHAN v. LANE

No. 51,831

228 Kan. 379 (1980)

614 P.2d 987

STATE OF KANSAS, ex rel., ROBERT T. STEPHAN, Attorney General, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. V.J. LANE, WOODLAWN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN CEMETERY CORPORATIONS, and BROTHERHOOD STATE BANK, Defendants and CITY OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, Intervenor-Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Southard, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Robert T. Stephan, attorney general, was with him on the briefs for the appellant and cross-appellee.

Kathryn Pruessner Peters, assistant city attorney, argued the cause, and Robert J. Watson, city attorney, was with her on the brief for the appellee and cross-appellant.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

SCHROEDER, C.J.:

This is an appeal by the attorney general from a decision of the trial court holding that a proceeding under K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 17-1366 et seq., constitutes an unconstitutional taking of private property, without due process and without just compensation, in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

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