COMMONWEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. BALLARD


402 S.W.2d 708 (1966)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Thomas BALLARD et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

May 6, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., H. C. Smith, Dept. of Highways, Frankfort, L. A. Faurest, Tildon H. McMasters, Elizabethtown, for appellant.

John S. Kelley, Fulton, Hubbard & Kelley, Bardstown, for appellees.


MOREMEN, Chief Justice.

Appellees Ballard owned a tract of land located about a mile east of Bardstown on U. S. Highway 150. The farm contained 260 acres. The Commonwealth condemned a right-of-way for the Central Kentucky Parkway across this land and took 20.83 acres from the southeast corner of the farm and landlocked 2.56 acres. A temporary easement across a portion of the land was used to detour traffic while the road was being constructed. The jury awarded the...

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