Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Gossett

EDWARD P. HILL, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of $33,000 in a right of way condemnation case pursuant to KRS 177.081, wherein a 9.39-acre tract is taken from appellees’ farm which contained 154.11 acres before the taking. The land is necessary to the construction of Interstate 65.

Left landlocked is a 16.79-acre parcel. Appellees will have a 127.73-acre tract south of the new highway.

Appellant urges upon us two grounds for reversing the judgment: (1) The amount of the verdict is excessive; and (2) the verdict fixed the “after value” $2,000 more than the highest after value testified to…