Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Sherrod
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 22, 1963PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
This is an eminent domain case, involving the taking of a strip for highway widening purposes from the front of a tract of land, a portion of which tract was under lease for commercial use. The appeal is by the Commonwealth from a judgment awarding the landowners $31,075 and the lessees $41,215.
The landowners owned a 12-acre tract just outside the city limits of Lexington, having a 450-foot frontage on U. S. Highway No. 68. In approximately the center of the front part of the tract there was a parcel with a frontage of 150 feet and a depth of 250 feet on which there were…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Bauman v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. TyreeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Wine v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. CarlisleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1962
- Department of Highways v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1957
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3Cited by134 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. FisterCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Commonwealth, Dept. of Highways v. GearhartCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. Lynbar, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1967
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Cardinal Hill Nursery, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. StockerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
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