Urban Renewal & Community Development Agency of Louisville v. International Harvester Co. of Delaware

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency of Louisville brought suit under KRS 99.420 to condemn a parcel of land owned by International Harvester Company of Delaware, lying on the north side of Walnut Street between 13th Street and 14th Street, in Louisville. Harvester contested the right of condemnation, asserting that Urban Renewal had led Harvester to believe that the parcel would not be condemned, as a result of which belief Harvester had invested large sums in land and improvements on the south side of Walnut Street for business operations in which the…