Miles v. Dawson

Respectfully, I dissent.

Interpretation of KRS 416.670 by the majority opinion involves an imaginative projection of an express purpose which the legislature did not provide and which it did not have in mind. A recitation of the applicable sections of the statute aforesaid is as follows:

Limitation on condemnation powers— Rights of current landowner. — (1) Development shall be started on any proper*372ty which has been acquired through condemnation within a period of eight (8) years from the date of the deed to the condemnor or the date on which the con-demnor took possession, whichever is earlier,…