Legal Opinion
Frenel v. Commonwealth, Department of Highways
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided October 9, 1959PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOREMEN, Judge.
This is an appeal by a landowner from a judgment entered in a condemnation suit initiated by the Department of Highways.
Appellant, Advance Specialties Company, owns about 23 acres of land situated on U. S. Highway 27, between Somerset and Burnside. The Highway Department intends to enlarge the present two-lane road into a four-lane divided highway. The land being taken amounts to 2.43 acres and fronts for a distance of 938 feet along the road and extends to an average depth of 113 feet.
When the new divided highway is constructed, the remainder of appellant’s land not taken will…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sutton's Heirs v. City of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1837
- Broadway Coal Mining Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
- Commonwealth v. CombsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- East Kentucky Rural Electric Cooperative Corp. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1958
- Elizabethtown & Paducah Railroad v. Helm's heirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1871
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. SherrodCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Frenel v. Commonwealth Department of HighwaysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1962