Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Riley
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided May 5, 1967PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
On this appeal by the Department of Highways from a judgment in a highway condemnation suit the principal contention is that the award is excessive.
The department condemned IS acres of the appellees’ farm for right of way for an interstate highway and a service road running at an angle across the farm. This would sever the farm leaving 66 acres, with all the improvements, on one side, and 17 acres of hilly pasture land on the other side. (The IS acres condemned were hilly pasture land also.)
The jury found that the before value was $30,000 and the after value was $14,166,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. TyreeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Stewart v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Department of HighwaysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
- West Kentucky Coal Co. v. Commonwealth, Department of HighwaysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. BondCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1965
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. PicklesimerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1965
3Cited by5 opinions
- Reams v. StutlerKentucky Supreme Court · 1982
- Smith v. MillerKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. RileyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1967
- David Wayne Dooley v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2021
- Michael Robertson v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court · 2023