Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Merrill

WADDILL, Commissioner.

Upon appeals to the circuit court from a county court judgment of $276,130.00, Boynton Merrill, Jr. and his wife were awarded $253,280.00 for 47.68 acres of their land taken by the Commonwealth for the construction and relocation of U. S. Highway 41 as a nonaccess bypass around the city of Henderson, the placement of a non-access interchange with U. S. Highway 60, and the rerouting of Kimsey Lane over the bypass, and were awarded $97,588.00 as damages to the remainder of their property for a total of $350,868.00.

The Merrills own and operate a farm located northeast of…