Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Cleveland
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided October 21, 1966PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMORE, Chief Justice.
The appellees, H. C. Cleveland and wife, owned a 47-acre farm tract in Nelson County fronting 1243 feet on the east side of U. S. Highway 31E about 1½ miles south of Bardstown. In order to provide for a ramp leading off U. S. 31E onto the Central Kentucky or Bluegrass Turnpike, which runs in an east-west course a short distance (200 to 250 feet) north of the Cleveland property, the state highway department condemned an .82-acre strip of the farm fronting 583 feet on U. S. 31E. The strip taken is 145 feet deep at the northwest corner of the farm and narrows to 35 feet at…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- 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. DennyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. ShawCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. ClaypoolCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1966
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. DoolinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. CarlisleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1969
- Flynn v. Commonwealth, Department of HighwaysCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1968
- Witbeck v. Big Rivers Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. CrawfordCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1971
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