City of Hazard v. Baker

PALMORE, Judge.

The City of Hazard, “acting as Local Public Agency for the City of Hazard Urban Renewal Commission,” brought this action under KRS 99.420 to acquire title to two adjoining parcels of real estate owned by the appellee, Rachael Tye Baker. Mrs. Baker’s answer did not contest the city’s capacity to bring the suit or its right to condemn her property. She demanded specifically that she be awarded the market value of the property and that a jury be empan-elled to try that issue.

Pursuant to the procedures set forth in KRS 99.420 the trial court appointed commissioners who thereupon…