COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. SHEARIN


399 S.W.2d 736 (1966)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Henry SHEARIN et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Matthews, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, William A. Lamkin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., John E. Smith, Lexington, for appellant.

George R. Silliman, William M. Dishman, Jr., Danville, for appellees.


MONTGOMERY, Judge.

In this highway right of way condemnation proceeding the jury awarded appellees, Henry Shearin et al., $4,300 as damages. The Department of Highways appeals and urges that the after value of the land as fixed by the jury was not supported by the proof.

In its verdict the jury fixed the before value at $60,000 and the after value at $55,700. The lowest after value testified to by any witness was $57,700, $2,000 more than the jury finding...

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