Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Goehring

WADDILL, Commissioner.

Joseph M. Hartfield owned 287 acres adjacent to and south of the Ohio River and west of U.S. Highway #41. For the purpose of building non-access approaches to a new bridge, the Commonwealth condemned a trapezoid-shaped strip of land alongside U.S. #41, containing 21.14 acres. In addition the Commonwealth acquired a temporary easement on 2.75 acres.

The landowner was awarded $4,528 in the Henderson County Court. Both parties appealed to the Henderson Circuit Court where the landowner obtained a verdict and judgment of $18,500 for the land taken in fee and $2,000 for the…