City of Hickman v. Stahr

PALMORE, Judge.

This is a land condemnation proceeding in which the condemnor, City of Hickman, appeals from a judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict awarding Charles Stahr and others, the landowners, $28,000 for the taking of 22.63 acres of their 172-acre farm tract about ¼ mile southwest of Hickman. The only question is whether the award was excessive.

The farm is almost in the form of a square. The south half is generally uncleared hill land and the north half is flat, rich tillable alluvial soil. The northwest corner fronts on the by-pass highway connecting with Kentucky Highway 94…