Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Tyree
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided March 1, 1963PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
The appellees owned a plot 60 feet deep fronting 242 feet on the main highway near the center of the City of Olive Hill. On it were a 40-year-old hotel building, a modern bus depot, and a dilapidated brick building the ground floor of which had at one time been used for store purposes and the upper floor of which had been rented as an apartment. For the purpose of widening the highway the Commonwealth condemned a strip 25 feet deep along the entire frontage of the plot. This necessitated the demolition of all three buildings. The jury in circuit court awarded $75,000…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highway v. RankinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. StamperCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1961
- Wadkins' Adm'x v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1956
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. EvansCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1962
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Citizens Ice & Fuel Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
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3Cited by128 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. SherrodCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Payne v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1981
- 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
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Cardinal Hill Nursery, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
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