Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Stallings

EDWARD P. HILL, Jr., Judge.

By this proceeding the appellant is condemning 16.50 acres from appellees’ farm plus 1.17 acres for a permanent easement to be used for the reconstruction and relocation of Kentucky Highway 53 in Washington County, Kentucky, between Springfield and the Blue Grass Parkway. Before the taking, the appellees’ farm consisted of 135.5 acres.

The right of way being condemned bisects the farm leaving 55.77 acres on the east side of the new road and 62.06 acres on the west side. No improvements are disturbed by the taking with the exception of a farm pond.

Appellees were…