Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Sellers

STEINFELD, Judge.

For the construction of the Blue Grass Parkway the Commonwealth condemned 26.14 acres of land in fee and 1.61 acres for a drainage easement. The Commonwealth has appealed from a judgment awarding Sellers $45,402.00. It claims that the verdict was “monstrously and shockingly excessive” and that certain testimony should have been stricken. We affirm.

Prior to the taking Sellers owned a highly productive farm shaped something like an equilateral triangle with the base of the triangle fronting on Kentucky Highway 33, which is the main road from Versailles to Harrodsburg. It…