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COMMONWEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. RALEIGH

375 S.W.2d 384 (1964)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Virgil RALEIGH et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 7, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., William A. Lamkin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Highways, Jarvis Allen, Pikeville, for appellant.

Don A. Ward, Hazard, for appellee.

MOREMEN, Judge.

Appellant, Department of Highways, condemned two parcels of land of approximately one-twentieth of an acre each which belonged to appellees, Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh. The landowners were awarded the sum of $400.

The sole issue at the trial was the market value of the condemned land. The landowners' witnesses valued the land taken at $750, $650, and $500. The Commonwealth's witnesses valued the land at $15 and $13.

On this appeal it is argued...

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