COMMONWEALTH v. KENNARD


342 S.W.2d 531 (1961)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. L. Dow KENNARD et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 27, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jo Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Astor Hogg, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Sidney Caudel, Dept. of Highways, Owingsville, for appellant.

George Gallup, Catlettsburg, J.G.M. Robinson, Ashland, for appellees.


MOREMEN, Judge.

This is a condemnation proceeding by the Commonwealth under the provisions of Chapter 177 of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to acquire an additional right-of-way area in order to widen U. S. Highway 23 between Catlettsburg and Louisa.

On June 11, 1957, appellee Kennard and his wife purchased a tract of approximately nine and a half acres on Highway 23, about half of which was hillside land and half bottom land on the river. On this strip Kennard...

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