COMMONWEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. TACKETT


498 S.W.2d 630 (1973)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Astor TACKETT et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Robinson, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Highways; Frankfort, R. Clayton Smoot, Ashland, for appellant.

John W. McKenzie, Earle W. Moffitt, Ashland, for appellees.


STEINFELD, Justice.

For the construction of Interstate Highway 64 on June 19, 1961, the Commonwealth condemned 18.44 acres out of appellees' land containing 107.3 acres, which tract had abutted Terrapin (sometimes Tarpin) Ridge Road in Boyd County. This taking left 83.42 acres landlocked and about 5.44 acres of the most level portion fronting on Terrapin Ridge Road. The jury fixed the before value of the land at $33,500 and the after value at $4,000, for a difference...

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