Kansas City v. Mulkey

75 S.W. 973, 176 Mo. 229, 1903 Mo. LEXIS 101
CourtSupreme Court of Missouri
DecidedJune 30, 1903
StatusPublished
Cited by4 cases

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Kansas City v. Mulkey, 75 S.W. 973, 176 Mo. 229, 1903 Mo. LEXIS 101 (Mo. 1903).

Opinion

ROBINSON, C. J.

This is a proceeding by Kansas City, begun in June, 1899, to condemn lands for a park, to be known as “West Terrace,” under an ordinance of the city passed and approved April 5th of that year. The lands sought to be condemned included 28.62 acres, of which amount the appellants William and Catherine Mulkey own about six acres, valued by the jury in the present proceeding at $55,590. For answer defendants William and Catherine Mulkey (the' appellants here) filed the following:

“Now at this day come the defendants, Catherine Mulkey and William Mulkey, her husband, and show to the court that heretofore, to-wit, át the. April term, 1896, of this court, the said city of Kansas City, under [236]*236and by virtue of an ordinance of said city providing for the establishment of said West Terrace Park, approved on the 11th day of September, 1895, duly instituted proceedings to condemn the same property of these defendants which said city proposes to condemn in this proceeding as a part of said West Terrace Park; that said proceeding was regularly prosecuted to a fina] determination in this court, and a verdict was rendered therein on the 5th day of October, 1896, duly assessing the value of defendants’ said property at the price and sum hereinafter mentioned. The said city filed no objections or exceptions to said verdict, and that on or about the 13th day of October, 1896, at the instance and request of said city, said verdict was confirmed and judgment rendered accordingly, condemning said property as and for said West Terrace Park. That said city never appealed from said verdict and judgment, and that the only parties who did appeal therefrom were Martha E. Bacon, James Munroe and Willard N. Munroe, owners of a small portion of the property in the benefit district, which had been assessed with benefits in said proceeding, said appellants giving a supersedeas bond, and that said appeal remained pending in the Supreme Court of Missouri, until disposed of, as hereinafter set forth.
“That afterwards, on the 23rd day of June, 1897, the park board of said city caused to be prepared and introduced into the Common Council of said city, an ordinance to repeal said first-mentioned ordinance, and to modify said West Terrace Park, by providing for the condemnation therefor of a part of the property condemned by said first proceeding, which said ordinance said Council refused to pass. That afterwards, on the 5th day of September, 1898, said park board pre-. pared and caused to be introduced into said Council another ordinance to repeal said first-mentioned ordinance and to reduce and modify said park, by providing for the condemnation therefor of a part only of the property [237]*237sought to be condemned under said first-mentioned 'ordinance, which said ordinance said Council also refused to pass. That in each of said ordinances so prepared and introduced by said park board, the property of these defendants was part of the property proposed to be condemned and taken as part of said West Terrace Park.
‘ ‘ That on the 5th day of April, 1899, with the concurrence of the Board of Park Commissioners, and before any benefits assessed in said first proceedings were paid, and not until then, an ordinance was duly passed by said city, repealing said first-mentioned ordinance, which said ordinance is in words and figures as follows;

[Here ordinance is copied in full.]

‘ ‘ That afterwards, on April 26, 1899, the attorneys for said city and for said Bacon and others, appellants in said first-mentioned proceedings, filed in the Supreme Court of Missouri, a stipulation in writing, in words and figures as follows:
“ ‘In the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri.
“ ‘In the Matter of the Condemnation of Laqd for opening and establishing a Public Park in the West Park District in Kansas City, Missouri, to be known as West Terrace.
“ ‘Kansas City, Respondent, v. Martha E. Bacon, James Munroe and W. N. Munroe, Appellants.
“ ‘stipulation.
“ ‘By authority of an ordinance of Kansas City, Missouri, number 11429, approved April 5, A. D. 1899, and entitled, “An ordinance to repeal ordinance number 6751, of Kansas City, Missouri, approved September 11, A. D. 1895, providing for the establishment of a public park in the West Park district in Kansas City, Missouri, to be known as West Terrace,” it is hereby stipulated between the respondent and appellants in the above entitled cause, that ah. order may be entered by this court reversing and remanding the above entitled cause to the circuit court of Jackson county, Missouri, [238]*238and Kansas City, respondent in the above entitled cause, hereby waives all right to exceptions to said order, and all right to file any motion for rehearing therein. Appellants to have taxed in their favor all taxable costs of appeal incurred by them.
“ ‘D. J. Haee,
Attorney for Respondent.
“ ‘Brown, Chapman & Brown, Langston Bacon,
Attorneys for Appellants.
“ ‘Filed April 26, 1899.
Jno. R. Green, Clerk.’
“That said Supreme Court, without hearing said cause, and pursuant to said stipulation and repealing ordinance, entered an order in said cause on the 26th day of April, 1899, in words and figures as follows:
“ ‘In the Supreme Court of Missouri, April Term, 1899.
“ ‘Court in Banc.
“ ‘In re West Park Distinct, Kansas City, Respondent, v. Martha E. Bacon, James Munroe, and Williard N. Munroe, Appellants.
“ ‘Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court.
“ ‘Now at this day come said .parties, by attorneys, and upon their stipulation it is considered and adjudged by the court that the judgment rendered in this cause by the Jackson Circuit Court be reversed, annulled and for naught held and esteemed, and that the said appellants be restored to all things, which they have lost by reason of the said judgment.
“ ‘It is further considered and adjudged by the court that the said cause be remanded to the said Jacio son Circuit Court for further proceedings to be had therein, and that the said appellants recover against' the said respondent their costs and charges herein expended, and have therefor execution.
“ ‘State of Missouri, Set.
“ ‘I, Jno. R. Green, clerk of the Supreme Court of [239]*239the State of Missouri, certify that the foregoing is a full, true and complete transcript of the judgment of said Supreme Court, entered of record at the April term thereof, 1899, and on the 26th day of April, 1899, in the above entitled cause.
‘‘ ‘ Given under my hand and seal of said court, at the City of Jefferson, this 4th day of May, 1899.
“ ‘ (Seal.)
John E. Green, Clerk.’
‘ ‘ That afterwards, the attorneys for said city procured an order to be entered in this court on the 27th day of May, 1899, dismissing said cause.

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