Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Blanton

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, appeals from a judg ment awarding A. F. Blanton $16,200 for property taken and damages to the remainder of his property in the condemnation of a strip of land for the purpose of widening a highway in the City of Ashland. The jury made a segregation of the damages in its verdict, awarding $9,000 for the land taken and $7,200 as damages to the remaining property. The appellant contends that the damages are excessive in that they embody an allowance of double damages for the same item, and that certain evidence was…