Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Robbins
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided December 1, 1967PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEINFELD, Judge.
This is an action to recover damages for wrongfully causing water to collect on ap-pellees’ land. From a judgment awarding the claimants $4,500.00 the Commonwealth, Department of Highways appeals. We affirm.
Earl and Nancy Robbins (whom we will refer to as Robbins) own a lot on Main Street in Irvine, Kentucky. Formerly it was 400 feet deep and 75 feet wide. In 1963 for the construction of a highway the Commonwealth, through its Department of Highways, condemned the rear 15 to 18 feet of that lot. An agreed order settled “the case for the sum of $600.00 paid as consideration…
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