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26-101. Condemnation by corporations and partnerships. Any corporation having the right of eminent domain and any partnership holding a certificate of convenience issued by the state corporation commission and having the right of eminent domain, shall exercise such right in the manner set forth in K.S.A. 26-501 to 26-516, inclusive.

History: R.S. 1923, 26-101; L. 1935, ch. 179, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 183, § 2; L. 1949, ch. 258, § 1; L. 1963, ch. 234, § 70; January 1, 1964.

Cross References to Related Sections:

Constitutional provisions relating to right to exercise eminent domain by certain corporations, see Kansas Constitution, article 12, § 4.

Sundry corporations and partnerships, see 17-618, 17-1903.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

[Actions Under Procedure Prior to K.S.A. 26-501 through 26-516.]

1. Private right vested by court judgment not taken by subsequent legislation. Robinson v. City of Winfield, 114 Kan. 387, 219 P. 273.

2. Public right may be annulled by subsequent legislation. Robinson v. City of Winfield, 114 Kan. 387, 219 P. 273.

3. Appeal must be taken within thirty days. State Highway Commission v. Griffin, 132 Kan. 153, 154, 294 P. 872.

4. Cited in holding pipe-line company cannot abandon condemnation after verdict rendered. Stewart v. Marland Pipe Line Co., 132 Kan. 725, 728, 729, 297 P. 708.

5. Failure to indicate eminent domain statute; landowner may effect appeal under either. Knox v. Great Lakes Pipe Line Co., 135 Kan. 170, 171, 9 P.2d 650.

6. Act does not repeal K.S.A. 24-438 et seq. Brookings v. Riverside Drainage Dist., 135 Kan. 234, 235, 236, 9 P.2d 656.

7. Original appraiser is competent witness upon review of condemnation award. Butcher v. State Highway Comm., 139 Kan. 763, 33 P.2d 152.

8. This and following sections enacted to supersede and unify miscellaneous statutes. Miltimore v. City of Augusta, 140 Kan. 520, 522, 38 P.2d 675.

9. Right of highway commission to abandon condemnation proceeding determined. State Highway Comm. v. Phillips, 146 Kan. 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 69 P.2d 12.

10. Interest not recoverable where award reduced on appeal; general rule stated; status of parties where both appealed. Bruna v. State Highway Comm. 146 Kan. 375, 378, 69 P.2d 743.

11. Discussed in holding appeal bond under K.S.A. 26-102 insufficient. Russell v. State Highway Comm. 146 Kan. 634, 638, 644, 645, 73 P.2d 29. Reversed: 147 Kan. 297, 298, 77 P.2d 199.

12. Bond for appeal to district court held sufficient; appeal lies to supreme court from district court's judgment; admissibility of evidence as to damages; statutes and cases reviewed in exhaustive opinion. Glover v. State Highway Comm., 147 Kan. 279, 281, 282, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 77 P.2d 189.

13. Extra value of frontage ground taken not proper element of damages. Russell v. State Highway Comm., 147 Kan. 297, 298, 77 P.2d 199.

14. Right of highway commission to abandon condemnation proceeding determined. State Highway Comm. v. Puskarich, 148 Kan. 385, 386, 83 P.2d 131.

15. Effect of paying amount of appraisement to clerk of court discussed. State Highway Comm. v. Puskarich, 148 Kan. 385, 386, 83 P.2d 131.

16. Cited; pipe-line company without authority to condemn underground stratum for gas storage. Strain v. Cities Service Gas Co., 148 Kan. 393, 396, 400, 83 P.2d 124.

17. Measure of damages to be applied on trial of appeal from appraisement stated. Federal Land Bank v. State Highway Comm., 150 Kan. 187, 188, 189, 92 P.2d 72.

18. History of section discussed; application to state highway commission. Provident Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. State Highway Comm., 155 Kan. 351, 354, 355, 125 P.2d 346.

19. Court must find land necessary to lawful purposes of state highway commission. State, ex rel., v. State Highway Comm., 163 Kan. 187, 188, 189, 193, 195, 196, 198, 182 P.2d 127.

20. Right to compensation for loss of business mentioned but not determined. State Highway Commission v. Weiss, 167 Kan. 427, 430, 207 P.2d 480.

21. Award not excessive; damages to lands not taken; interest allowed. Great Lakes Pipe Line Co. v. Carson, 168 Kan. 100, 211 P.2d 70.

22. Injunctive relief unavailable to stop improvement when adequate remedy in damages available. Diehn v. Penner, 169 Kan. 63, 64, 216 P.2d 815.

23. Record in condemnation proceedings reviewed; leasehold interests determined; no reversible error. State Highway Commission v. Safeway Stores, 170 Kan. 413, 414, 416, 226 P.2d 850. Opinion set aside: 170 Kan. 545, 546, 228 P.2d 208.

24. Condemner after depositing award and taking possession of land cannot appeal. State Highway Commission v. Safeway Stores, 170 Kan. 545, 546, 548, 228 P.2d 208. Lowrey v. State Highway Comm., 170 Kan. 549, 550, 228 P.2d 210.

25. Proceedings hereunder; order overruling motion to dismiss appeal, when appealable. Western Light & Telephone Co. v. Toland, 177 Kan. 194, 195, 277 P.2d 584.

26. Pleadings challenging validity of proceeding cannot be filed therein before appeal taken; history of law; statutes construed. State v. Boicourt Hunting Ass'n, 177 Kan. 637, 641, 642, 643, 644, 282 P.2d 395.

27. Consolidation of appeals from condemnation award is within court's discretion. Collingwood v. Kansas Turnpike Authority, 181 Kan. 43, 44, 46, 51, 310 P.2d 211. Reversed in part, 181 Kan. 838, 317 P.2d 400.

28. Court not required, as a matter of law, to consolidate appeals hereunder. Moore v. Kansas Turnpike Authority, 181 Kan. 51, 54, 57, 310 P.2d 199. Reversed in part, 181 Kan. 840, 841, 843, 849, 850, 852, 317 P.2d 384.

29. Consolidation of appeals from condemnation award is within court's discretion. Tinberg v. Kansas Turnpike Authority, 181 Kan. 139, 140, 310 P.2d 217.

30. K.S.A. 60-311 (G.S. 1949) inapplicable to proceeding hereunder. Howard v. State Highway Commission, 181 Kan. 226, 227, 228, 311 P.2d 313.

31. Order denying new trial for alleged misconduct of counsel affirmed. Shreve v. Kansas Turnpike Authority, 181 Kan. 406, 312 P.2d 595.

32. Withdrawal of award does not prejudice landowner's appeal rights. Burke v. Board of Education of Common School District No. 110, 181 Kan. 534, 541, 313 P.2d 272.

33. Cited; installation of improvement rendered declaratory judgment and injunction action moot. Bumm v. Colvin, 181 Kan. 630, 631, 636, 312 P.2d 827.

34. Cited in discussing various eminent domain statutes (dissenting opinion). Moore v. Kansas Turnpike Authority, 181 Kan. 841, 850, 852, 317 P.2d 384.

35. Proceedings instituted hereunder held in nature of inquest. Kansas Homes Development Co. v. Kansas Turnpike Authority, 181 Kan. 925, 929, 317 P.2d 794.

36. What title passes by condemnation; statutes construed; power of legislature. Sutton v. Frazier, 183 Kan. 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 325 P.2d 338.

37. Proceeding is special proceeding not a civil action; questions justiciable limited. Sutton v. Frazier, 183 Kan. 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 325 P.2d 338.

38. Acceptance of award no estoppel to assertion of title by landowner, when. Sutton v. Frazier, 183 Kan. 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 325 P.2d 338.

39. Appraisers' report must show what is taken; nothing taken by implication or intendment. Sutton v. Frazier, 183 Kan. 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 325 P.2d 338.

40. Right to exercise power or extent thereof not justiciable in condemnation proceeding. Sutton v. Frazier, 183 Kan. 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 325 P.2d 338.

41. Turnpike authority must give bond to perfect appeal; civil code inapplicable, when. Smith v. Kansas Turnpike Authority, 183 Kan. 158, 159, 161, 162, 325 P.2d 63.

42. Noncontiguous farm tracts operated as integrated unit; damages to unit recoverable. Ives v. Kansas Turnpike Authority, 184 Kan. 134, 334 P.2d 399.

43. Payments for crop disbursed; appeal from award for land; district court properly determined amount still due. Andres v. State Highway Commission, 185 Kan. 554, 556, 557, 345 P.2d 1004.

44. 1953 amendment abrogated the rule laid in State Highway Commission v. Safeway Stores, 170 Kan. 545, 228 P.2d 208 and Lowrey v. State Highway Comm., 170 Kan. 548, 228 P.2d 210. State Highway Commission v. D-X Sunray Oil Co., 190 Kan. 677, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 378 P.2d 44.

45. On appeal to district court from award either party may demand jury trial. State Highway Commission v. Hembrow, 190 Kan. 742, 743, 744, 378 P.2d 62.

46. Cited in holding "public moneys" included funds held for benefit of private person. Mermis v. Jackson, 93 F.2d 579.

47. Aggrieved party's only remedy is appeal after appraisers' award. United States v. Kansas City, Kan., 159 F.2d 125, 126, 127, 128.

48. Instructions to appraisers do not become final until reflected in appraisers' assessment. United States v. Kansas City, Kan., 159 F.2d 125, 126, 127, 128.

49. Applied; notice provisions of section K.S.A. 26-202 (L. 1937, ch. 227) sufficient. Collins v. City of Wichita, Kansas, 225 F.2d 132, 136. Judgment not set aside although judicial change in law after entry. Collins v. City of Wichita, Kansas, 254 F.2d 837.

50. Cited in discussing public utility company's authority to exercise power of eminent domain (dissenting opinion). Spears v. Kansas City Power & Light Co., 203 Kan. 520, 532, 455 P.2d 496.

51. Cited; procedure for condemnation by corporation with eminent domain power. Board of Education of U.S.D. 512 v. Vic Regnier Builders, Inc., 6 Kan. App. 2d 888, 892, 636 P.2d 802 (1981).

52. Extensive review of condemnation law; school district may acquire fee title to property by condemnation. Board of Education of U.S.D. 512 v. Vic Regnier Builders, Inc., 231 Kan. 731, 739, 740, 741, 742, 743, 747, 648 P.2d 1143 (1982).


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