Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Mary Potts Hagyard Burns
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided July 2, 1965PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, appeals from a judgment awarding the appellee landowners $54,015 as the difference in value of their farm resulting from the taking by condemnation for highway purposes of a strip of land running diagonally across the farm.
Admittedly the farm, originally consisting of 295 acres, was high value property. The witnesses for the Commonwealth gave it a “before” value of $200,000, and the landowners’ witnesses put the value as high as $250,000. The condemnation (for a nonaccess highway) took a strip 300 feet wide which…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. SherrodCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. StamperCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1961
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. ShawCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. RaybourneCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. WoodCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Webb Transfer Lines, Inc. v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. SeaCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. HopsonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1965
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. ArnettCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1965
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1972
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