Commonwealth Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Gay

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Baird

— Reversing.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, for the use and "benefit of the State Highway Commission, instituted a proceeding in the Perry county court for the condemnation of a small parcel of land belonging to the appellees, Elizabeth Gay and Ida Gabbard, and also a small strip of land belonging to N. S. Gay and Martha Gay along public highway No. 15 in Perry county, for the purpose of widening the highway.

Commissioners were duly appointed by the court and directed to go upon the land of the owners named and report the value of the lands sought to be taken 1…