COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. LANTER


379 S.W.2d 748 (1964)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Roger F. LANTER et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 29, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Matthews, Atty. Gen., William A. Lamkin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., John J. Blackburn, Covington, Bernard B. Davis, Davis & Saunders, Shelbyville, for appellant.

Ottis Lanter, Williamstown, for appellees.


PALMORE, Judge.

This land condemnation case has been tried before three juries. The first awarded $24,418, the second $24,200 and the third $24,375. A judgment on the second verdict was reversed by this court for error in the rejection of certain evidence. See Commonwealth, Dept. of Highways v. Lanter, Ky., 364 S.W.2d 652 (1963).

The only issue raised on this appeal is whether the verdict was so excessive as to indicate...

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