COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. LANTER


379 S.W.2d 233 (1964)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Ottis LANTER et al., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 15, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., William A. Lamkin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Deddo G. Lynn, Dept. of Highways, Lexington, for appellant.

Ottis Lanter, William F. Threlkeld, Williamstown, Edwin R. Denney, Lexington, for appellees.


MOREMEN, Judge.

This is a highway condemnation suit. Appellee, Ottis Lanter, and his wife were owners of approximately 36 acres (we are going to disregard fractions) of land located on Barnes Road near the corporate limits of Williamstown. Appellees lived in a well-constructed house which had been built in 1951. It was connected with the road about 75 feet away by an adequate driveway.

The Commonwealth condemned 24 or 27 acres of this tract — there...

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