City of Frankfort v. Thompson

OSBORNE, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of the Franklin Circuit Court in a proceeding commonly referred to as “reverse condemnation.” Appellee was awarded damages for a permanent taking in the amount of $4788 representing the difference between the before and after values of the land, and damages of $3150 for temporary injury to the enjoyment of her land not taken.

The City of Frankfort has long operated a garbage and trash dump on property adjacent to appellee’s farm. There is a high, extremely steep hill, the crest of which is the dividing line between property owned by the city and…