Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Frank Fehr Brewing Co.

PALMORE, Judge.

The Commonwealth appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding $37,000 to the Frank Fehr Brewing Company as compensation for the taking of certain property fronting on the south side of Jefferson Street between Preston and Jackson Streets in the City of Louisville.

Each side used two expert valuation witnesses. For the Commonwealth, I. Sidney Jenkins and J. Edward McDonogh gave respective estimates of $24,050 and $15,675 as the difference in market value of the whole property before and the remaining property after the taking. The estimates for Fehr were,…