Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Highway v. Rankin
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided December 16, 1960PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MONTGOMERY, Judge.
Charles S. and Nora Rankin recovered judgment against the Commonwealth through its Department of Highways for $39,200 for land taken and for resulting damages to their property in the condemnation of right of way for a highway. On appeal, the Commonwealth insists that the. damages are excessive and that the circuit court erroneously entertained the Rankins’ cross-appeal. The question presented in the latter contention has been decided adversely. Commonwealth v. Clarke, Ky., 340 S.W.2d 442.
Appellees’ property consisted of about forty-eight acres of land located in a rural…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commonwealth by State Highway Com. v. CombsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Coney Island Co., Inc. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Smick v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1954
- Commonwealth v. GilbertCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1952
- Salt River Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. v. ThurmanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1955
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. TyreeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Commonwealth, Dept. of Highways v. GearhartCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. StockerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. PriestCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
- Pierson v. Commonwealth, Department of HighwaysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1961
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