Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Turner

STEINFELD, Justice.

For the construction of U.S. Highway 23 in Johnson County the Commonwealth condemned 3.53 acres of unimproved land from a 13.30-acre tract owned by appel-lees. From a judgment awarding $32,000 to appellees the Commonwealth appeals, claiming that the verdict is excessive and is unsupported, that incompetent evidence was introduced over its objection, and that other errors were committed during the trial. We affirm.

Appellees’ entire tract was located at the southeast corner of the intersection of U.S. 23 and U.S. 460, having 1225 feet frontage on U.S. 23 and 300 feet frontage…