Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Taylor

STEWART, Chief Justice.

This is a condemnation proceeding instituted to obtain right of way to relocate and reconstruct U. S. Highway 119 in Bell County. The commissioners appointed by the Bell County Court allowed appellees $4500 for their property. On appeal to the circuit court, a jury awarded appellees $8250 for land taken, for damages to the' remainder and for a permanent easement. This appeal is from the judgment entered on the verdict.

Appellees, Mount Taylor, Jr. and his wife, Pauline, owned two tracts of land embraced in the highway relocation and reconstruction project. One parcel,…