Snyder v. Commonwealth, Department of Highways

STEINFELD, Judge.

This is an appeal by the landowners from a judgment awarding them $25,600.00 for the taking of land from two farms in Franklin County for the construction of Interstate Highway 64, a limited access highway. They demand a new trial. We reverse.

Parcel 14 which is called the Bridgeport Farm was a highly improved dairy farm, with a ten acre tobacco base. It was gen*891erally rectangular in shape, contained 254 acres and was located on Highway 60 about one mile west of the Broadview Manor Subdivision and about one-half mile west of the State Fish and Game Farm. It fronted about 3,000…