COMMONWEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. MUIR


412 S.W.2d 231 (1967)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. J. Wickliffe MUIR et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., H. C. Smith, Dept. of Highways, Louis J. Amato, Catlett & Amato, Frankfort, Tildon H. McMasters, Elizabethtown, for appellant.

John S. Kelley, E. E. Hubbard, Bardstown, for appellees.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

This action was instituted by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, to condemn 18¾ acres of appellees' property for the purpose of constructing part of the Bluegrass Parkway, a limited access highway, and also to acquire a temporary easement upon 1.59 acres. No house or other improvement was sought to be condemned.

Upon a trial the jury found that the value of appellees' property before the taking was $68,333 and...

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