Wolpert v. Louisville Gas & Electric Co.

PALMORE, Judge.

George F. Wolpert and wife appeal from a judgment awarding them $8,500 for the taking of an electric transmission line easement by the appellee, Louisville Gas and Electric Company.

The land in question is a 140-acre farm tract in Bullitt County bounded on the north by another farm, on the east and south by the Blue Lick Road (a public highway), and on the west by a railroad right-of-way of the L. & N. Railroad Company. The Wolperts bought it in 1964 for *849$53,500 and thereafter improved it in various respects at a cost not exceeding $15,000. The date of taking was in September of…