Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Sexton

CATINNA, Commissioner.

S. E. Sexton and his wife, Dorothy Sexton, owned an ell-shaped tract of approximately twenty-one acres located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 62-641 and Kentucky 917, approximately 800 feet west of the Cumberland River Bridge. One side of the tract fronted on Kentucky 917, and between 200 and 225 feet fronted on U.S. Highway 62-641. At the intersection, Sexton owned a grocery store and filling station, and extending eastwardly along Highway 62-641 toward the river there were located a frame residence and office and a motel consisting of three units. There were three…