COMMONWEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. PRUITT


386 S.W.2d 261 (1964)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Maude PRUITT, Widow, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., William A. Lamkin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, James H. Lucas, Bowling Green, for appellant.

Aaron F. Overfelt, Bowling Green, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, appeals from a judgment in a condemnation suit awarding members of the Pruitt family $7,000 damages arising out of the taking of a small portion of two adjoining tracts of land for highway purposes. The case was tried before the decision in Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Sherrod, Ky., 367 S.W.2d 844, so the verdict made separate awards for taking...

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