CITY OF MANHATTAN v. SIGNOR

No. 61,935

244 Kan. 630 (1989)

772 P.2d 753

CITY OF MANHATTAN, KANSAS, Plaintiff, v. DONALD C. SIGNOR, REBA M. LITZ, and MARY C. SIMPSON, Defendants-Appellants, and VIRGINIA LOUISE GRIFFITH a/k/a GINGER CLEMENS, VIRGINIA GRIFFITH a/k/a VIRGINIA STOT GRIFFITH, ELEANOR GRIFFITH, ELEANOR STOLZER, MARTHA DEAN, SISTER MARY EVAN GRIFFITH, EDWARD McGRATH, JOANN McGRATH, PHIL HOWE, MARGARET HOWE, JANET GRIFFITH, and MARY HOLLINGSWORTH, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed April 14, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Nitcher, of Riling, Norwood, Burkhead, Fairchild & Nitcher, Chartered, of Lawrence, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellants.

Charles D. Green, of Arthur, Green, Arthur, Conderman & Stutzman, of Manhattan, argued the cause was on the brief for appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

ALLEGRUCCI, J.:

This appeal involves a dispute between lessors and a lessees over proper apportionment of a condemnation award. The district court, dividing the award, apportioned the majority of the award money to the lessees, and the lessors appeal.

At the time the land was condemned, it was used as a parking lot in Manhattan, Kansas. On March 7, 1986, the City of Manhattan, Kansas, filed a petition seeking...

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