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COMMONWEALTH v. WILSON

317 S.W.2d 490 (1958)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Department of Highways, Appellant, v. Dorothy Lyon WILSON 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., Dept. of Highways, Frankfort, for appellant.

J. T. Hatcher, Elizabethtown, for appellees.

CLAY, Commissioner.

In this condemnation suit to acquire land for highway purposes, the jury awarded the landowners $39,000 for the taking of approximately 7 acres of land. The principal objection raised on this appeal is that the amount is excessive.

Appellees owned a tract of about 37 acres at the junction of U. S. 62 and Kentucky Highway 86. This land had a substantial value for commercial purposes, particularly...

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