Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Brown

BIRD, Judge.

This appeal arises from a condemnation action tried before a jury in the Henderson Circuit Court.

The measure of damages was the difference in market value of a tract of farm land immediately before the taking for highway purposes and immediately after.

On appeal the condemnor insists that condemnees failed to prove an “actual after the taking value.”

Our examination of the record discloses that two witnesses testified on behalf of condemnees in answer to specific questions on that point, each giving his opinion as to the value of the farm after the taking of 4.24 acres for highway…