Korfhage v. Commonwealth

STEWART, Judge.

This suit was commenced by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the City of Louisville to condemn land in the city for right of way for the North-South Expressway. The property in litigation was owned by appellants, George J. Korfhage and Mildred Korfhage, his wife, and certain portions of it were burdened with three leases and one sublease of various durations. Some of the leasehold contracts contained an option-renewal clause. By separate actions the same condemnors sought to condemn the interests in the property of the lessees and the sublessee (we shall refer herein to all of…