Mason v. City of Kansas City

Citations

• 103 Kan. 275
• 173 P. 535
• 1918 Kan. LEXIS 243

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Cities of First Class — Power to Extend Boundaries. Property consisting of one body of land may be annexed to a city of the first class, if the whole' of the tract thus annexed is contiguous to the city, although parts of the tract may be owned by different persons. {Htvrla v. Kansas City, 46 Kan. 738, 27 Pac. 143, followed.)</p> <p>2. Same — Extension of Territory — Who May Attack Validity of Proceedings. The validity of proceedings taken by city officers under statutory authority, which proceedings extend the corporate limits of a city so as to annex a tract of land, can be questioned only in a direct proceeding prosecuted at the instance of the state by proper-public officers. • -</p> <p>3. Same — Constitutional Law — Curative Statutes. Section 1 of chapter 104 of the Laws of 1913 (Gen. Stat. 1915, § 1042) cured any defects that may have existed in ordinance No. 8219, annexing certain land to Kansas City. '</p> <p>4. Same — Public Improvements — Error in Levy — Relevy. Where special assessments for public improvements in a city of the first class are levied on property not liable therefor and are enjoined as to that property, the assessments may be relevied on the property liable therefor, and, when relevied, must be levied on that property in each block separately.</p> <p>5. Same — Attacking Special Assessments — Limitation of Actions. If special assessments for public improvements in a city of the first class are attacked, they must be attacked within thirty days from the time when the amounts due are ascertained.</p>