Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Shaw
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided May 7, 1965PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Judge.
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, condemned a strip of land 10 by 468 feet along with another adjacent and parallel strip 10 by 454 feet for a temporary easement in order to widen U. S. 41 between Henderson, Kentucky, and Evansville, Indiana. These two strips were taken off the front of appellees’ land which was used as a commercial nursery, and which fronted 468 feet on U.S. 41. Affected by the taking were appellees’ horseshoe driveway and the display area containing shrubs, plants and trees located in the middle of the horseshoe. The jury in the Henderson Circuit…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. SherrodCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. TyreeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- West Kentucky Coal Co. v. Commonwealth, Department of HighwaysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1963
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. MayesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. DowdyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1965
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. StockerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. AdkinsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. CammackCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. CarlisleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. ClevelandCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
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