COKE v. COMMONWEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE


502 S.W.2d 57 (1973)

Sterling D. COKE and Elisabeth V. Coke, his wife, et al., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied January 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerry L. Calvert, Miller, Griffin & Marks, Lexington, for appellants.

Weldon Shouse, Lexington, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

In an action by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Finance, in accordance with a declaration of necessity made by the Commissioner of Parks, to condemn, allegedly for a state park or shrine, a dwelling and part of the lot on which it sits in Lexington, once occupied by Mary Todd and known as the "Mary Todd Lincoln Home," issues were raised as to the right of condemnation and as to whether the...

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