Lee County v. Hieronymus

Opinion of the Court by

Hobson, Commissioner

Affirming.

State highway No. 29, between St. Helens and the Breathitt county line, runs through the farm of appellees. The farm 'Contains about 1,000 acres. The right of way in all runs through their land 14,560 feet. For 2,915 feet the right of way is 30 feet wide and the remainder of the way is 70 feet wide. After the state highway commission had located the road on this route, on December 16, 1929, appellees delivered to the Lee fiscal court a deed to the state highway commission for the right of way, which had Ibeen approved by the highway…