Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Aylor

DAVIS, Commissioner.

The single issue in this highway condemnation proceeding is whether the jury’s verdict of $15,000 is excessive.

*724Before the taking the appellees owned a 59-acre tract of land fronting on U. S. Highway 25, about three miles from Florence. The tract had frontage of about 720 feet along U. S. 25; in rectangular shape it extended westwardly from that roadway for nearly 5000 feet. The front portion of the tract was substantially level, but its contours became rolling to rough toward the rear portion of the boundary. There was no building on the land, nor had it been cultivated…