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- Title: Schroder v. Kansas State Highway Commission
- Author : Supreme Court of Kansas
- Release Date : January 10, 1967
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
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The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an action brought by the plaintiff, Donald L. Schroder, on behalf of Loretta Schroder, his incompetent wife, who suffered injuries allegedly caused by a defect in a state highway. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the trial below and defendant has appealed from orders of the trial court overruling motions for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff's evidence, at the close of all the evidence, to set aside the verdict and judgment and for a new trial. Defendant also claims error with respect to three instructions submitted by the trial court. On June 8, 1960, the State Highway Commission, hereafter referred to as defendant or commission, adopted a resolution relocating, changing and redesignating a segment of U.S. Highway 54 in Greenwood County, Kansas. The resolution described the new highway relocation and designated a described segment of the old highway and provided that such segment be maintained ""as a detour highway until such time as the herein designated route shall be completed and open to traffic."" The resolution also provided for the withdrawal of the replaced highway from the state system. The segment of the old road to be withdrawn from the