Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Lyons
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided January 25, 1963PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
In connection with a project for widening and straightening U. S. Highway No. 60 near the city of Olive Hill, the Department of Highways condemned a triangular shaped strip of land, 10 feet wide at one end and 29 feet wide at the other, along the 105-foot frontage of residential property of Pat and John Lyons. The jury in circuit court awarded damages of $8000. The department has appealed from the judgment entered on that verdict.
Prior to the relocation of the highway the distance from the right of way line to the front porch of the Lyons dwelling was 26.8 feet, and the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highway v. RankinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
- Louisville Nashville Railroad Co. v. HargisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1929
- Commonwealth v. Ball, Baker, HowardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
- United Fuel Gas Co. v. MaukCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1957
- Pursiful v. State Road CommissionCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1926
3Cited by10 opinions
- Commonwealth, Dept. of Highways v. GearhartCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. PriestCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. DarchCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. BrumfieldCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. ArnettCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
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