Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Wooton

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, appeals from a judgment awarding the appellee landowners $40,000 damages for property condemned for highway purposes. The condemnation took 1.74 acres from a tract of 3.4 acres. The judgment was based on a verdict finding the “before” value to be $80,000 and the “after” value to be $40,000.

The primary contention of the appellant is that the trial court committed prejudicial error in not striking the testimony of the appellees’ witness Bob Knight because it was based in substantial part on consideration of…