Kentucky Bell Corporation v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sims

Affirming.

In this opinion the appellant, the Kentucky Bell Corporation, will be referred to as plaintiff. The appellees, Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways and J. Lyter Donaldson, Commissioner of Highways, will be grouped and referred to as the Commonwealth. The remaining appellee, Bell County, will be referred to-as the County.

This case is in the nature of a condemnation proceeding wherein plaintiff sued defendants for $132,000 damages for the taking, injuring and destruction of its real estate in the construction of a state highway. At the…