Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Wynn

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The appellees, Nancy Wynn and husband, own a piece of land in Lexington which extends from South Limestone Street to Rose Street a short distance from the point where the two streets j oin at an acute angle. There are business structures on the land facing each of the streets. A state highway improvement project required a widening of the pavement of both streets, wherefore the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, brought a condemnation proceeding against the Wynns. The Commonwealth maintained that it was required to condemn only a narrow strip of the Wynns’…