Miles v. Lee

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Tilford

Affirming.

Bowman Field is an airport, comprising within its boundaries over 200 acres of land and situated approximately one-half mile east of the corporate limits of Louisville. It is operated by the Louisville and Jefferson County Air Board, a body politic created in accordance with the provisions of Section 938j-1, Kentucky Statutes. East of and separated from it by a county road, known as Cannon’s Lane, are 100 acres appearing in this record as the Marshall property.

For several years the Air Board had contemplated purchasing the Marshall property in…