Maze v. Commonwealth, Department of Highways

STEINFELD, Judge.

Arthur and Christine Maze owned farmland in Bath County. For the construction of Interstate Highway 164 the Kentucky Department of Highways brought a condemnation action in the county court to acquire part of their land. After appeals to the circuit court an agreed judgment was entered pursuant to which the Mazes received about $375 per acre, a total of $40,000, and on August 16, 1965, they conveyed the condemned land to the Commonwealth. It was partly used for the right-of-way of the limited-access highway, access roads to and from it and to relocate a county road. After the…