Mengel Properties v. City of Louisville

HILL, Judge.

Appellant Mengel Properties, a corporation, appeals from a verdict and judgment of $132,000 for 42.9 acres of unimproved land sought by appellee, the City of Louisville, to be used along with other land in constructing a zoo. The procedure provided in KRS 97.257 and 416.120 was followed.

A reversal is urged on the grounds that: (1) the trial court erred in refusing to permit the introduction of competent evidence; (2) the trial court erred in overruling appellant’s motion to discharge the jury for misconduct of the witness Harris; (3) the award by the jury was grossly inadequate;…