Major v. Commonwealth, Department of Highways

MILLIKEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding appellants $5,200 for a 7.89-acre strip of land condemned by the Highway Department for the construction of the Pennyrile Parkway. The strip extends diagonally across the farm with one 5.69-acre tract being west of the parkway, and the other 69.66-acre tract lying east of the parkway. The land was originally owned by Claude Major and his wife, but on January 14, 1966, a Purchase and Sale Agreement was entered into between the Claude Majors and the Henry Majors under which the property was to be transferred to the Henry Majors for…