Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Vaughn

MILLIKEN, Judge.

This highway condemnation proceeding was tried before Com., Department of Highways v. Sherrod (1963), Ky., 367 S.W.2d 844, and involves the taking of a strip of land for the widening of U. S. 41 about a mile south of the City of Henderson. Both parties had appealed to the Circuit Court from a county court judgment awarding the landowners $9,400 pursuant to the appraisal of commissioners appointed by the county court for that purpose. On the trial the Circuit Court judgment for $12,625 was entered pursuant to the verdict — $9,500 for the land taken and a temporary easement, and…