COMMONWEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. COTTRELL


400 S.W.2d 228 (1966)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Earl COTTRELL et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., H. C. Smith, Frankfort, Joseph R. Huddleston, Bowling Green, Tildon H. McMasters, Elizabethtown, for appellant.

Davis Williams, Munfordville, for appellees.


HILL, Judge.

The Department of Highways appeals from a $7,500 jury verdict and judgment for 10.76 acres of land taken out of appellees' 92.5-acre farm located two miles south of Bonnieville in Hart County to be used in construction of a part of I-65.

Only one witness testified for appellant. He fixed the before value of appellees' farm at $13,480 and the after value at $11,140 for a difference of $2,340.

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