Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Reed

STEINFELD, Judge.

To acquire a right of way for the Blue Grass Parkway and for the realigning of a Nelson County Road two condemnation actions were brought in the Nelson County Court. Thomas Reed, the appellee, was the owner of the farm which included both tracts of land. The commissioners appointed in the county court valued the 18½ acres being taken, at a total of $5,820.00 and the damage to the remaining land at $5,-000.00. Accordingly, a judgment was entered in favor of Reed from which both parties appealed to the Nelson Circuit Court. The two cases were consolidated *905and tried together.…