COMMONWEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. COMBS


387 S.W.2d 592 (1965)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Buford COMBS et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 26, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Charles R. Coy, James S. Chenault, Chenault & Coy, Richmond, for appellees.


PALMORE, Judge.

This is a highway condemnation suit in which the state acquired a narrow strip of road frontage from a 7½-acre tract in Madison County near the city limits of Richmond. The jury returned an award of $2840. The condemnor appeals from a judgment in that amount.

The state offered three valuation witnesses, two of whom had been employed by it and were not residents of Madison County and the other of whom, Richard Tipton, was a farmer and lifelong...

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