Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Hopson

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, appeals from a judgment awarding the appellee landowners $4,250 as the difference in the market value of their farm attributable to the condemnation of 5.5 acres of the farm for widening of an unlimited access highway.

We are reversing the judgment for the same reason as in Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Hopson, Jr., et al., Ky., 396 S.W.2d 805 (decided November 26, 1965) ; i. e., the court erroneously permitted the landowners’ witnesses, over objection, to put price tags on “damage” factors.

Further reversible…