Commonwealth Ex Rel. Benefit of State Highway Commission v. Farmers' State Bank

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

During the year 1918 there was proposed by the highway authorities of the state of Kentucky and the United States the construction of a federal aid road from Louisville, Ky., to Paducah, Ky., and three tentative routes were considered, one of which was to run through Union county and which was designated as Ohio River Route No. 1. In the construction of such roads at that time the state required the counties through which they passed to assume one-half of the cost.

It was estimated by the state and federal authorities that the cost of constructing…