COMMONWEALTH v. ELIZABETHTOWN AMUSEMENTS INC.


367 S.W.2d 449 (1963)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. ELIZABETHTOWN AMUSEMENTS INCORPORATED, a Kentucky Corporation, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 3, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., H. D. Reed, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellant.

Hatcher & Lewis, Elizabethtown, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Star-Lite Drive-in Theatre is situated on the east side of U. S. Highway 31-W a short distance north of Elizabethtown. In order to convert the highway from one of two lanes to one of four lanes the Department of Highways condemned a strip of land 66 feet wide along the front of the theatre property. A jury in circuit court awarded $26,000 for the property taken and $10,000 for resulting damages to the remainder, and judgment was entered accordingly...

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