Commonwealth v. Hall

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In condemnation proceedings by the State Highway Department in connection with a street widening project in the City of Shelbyville, the commissioners appointed by the county court made an award of damages in the amount of $200. Upon appeal to the circuit court by the property owners, a jury increased the award to $750. The Highway Department appeals from the judgment entered on that verdict, contending that the court erred in refusing to grant a continuance and in refusing to sustain challenges to the entire jury panel and to individual jurors and that the verdict was…