Standiford Civic Club v. Commonwealth

STANLEY, Commissioner.

We have two class actions to enjoin the Commissioner of Highways of the Commonwealth and his agents from closing and obstructing certain streets of Louisville in the construction of the toll road between Louisville and Elizabethtown under authority of Chapter 177, Kentucky Revised Statutes. One action relates to what is called the Keller Avenue area and the other the Standiford area. The circuit court, with an expression of doubt, denied the injunctions upon the ground that under the exigencies and circumstances the parties should seek the remedy of damages.

The Keller…