Hoskins v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Morris, Commissioner—

Affirming.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Leslie circuit court, following verdict of the jury awarding appellant $2,500 for 'land taken and consequential damages, for the purpose of building a state highway between Harlan and Hyden. Appellant owned more than 1,000 acres in Leslie County, the greater portion being hilly and timbered, not subject to cultivation. The particular portion through which the right of way runs is bottom and foothill land, and this acreage stretches along the river the full boundary length.

There seems to be no…