COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS


317 S.W.2d 482 (1958)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Guy WILLIAMS et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 31, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Astor Hogg, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Dennie Gooch, Jr., Frankfort, for appellant.

J. T. Hatcher, Elizabethtown, for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

The Commonwealth condemned something over seven acres of appellees' 200-acre farm on U. S. Highway 62 for road construction purposes. The jury awarded the owners $44,500. The Commonwealth appeals on the grounds (1) erroneous admission and exclusion of evidence, and (2) excessiveness of the award.

The Commonwealth contends that the landowners' witnesses based their valuations on the assumption that the land taken consisted of town or commercial...

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