COMMONWEALTH, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. THOMPSON


424 S.W.2d 382 (1968)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Norman Clifford THOMPSON et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., H. C. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Highways, Frankfort, C. V. Sanders, Shepherdsville, Robert Rieckhoff, Department of Highways, Frankfort, for appellant.

Thomas B. Givhan, Shepherdsville, for appellees.


STEINFELD, Judge.

The Commonwealth condemned 2.23 acres and a temporary easement of the Thompson farm to relocate Kentucky Highway 61 south of Shepherdsville, Kentucky. In county court the appellees were awarded $4,500.00 and both parties appealed. The circuit court jury found that the owners were entitled to $10,020.00. This appeal is from the judgment entered pursuant to that verdict. We reverse.

The Thompsons owned a farm fronting on the west side of Highway...

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