COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS v. LAWTON


440 S.W.2d 778 (1969)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Janle C. LAWTON and J. Bryant Lawton, husband, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

April 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Matthews, Atty. Gen., H. C. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., C. E. Skidmore, Dept. of Highways, Frankfort, for appellant.

Sam T. Jarvis, Jarvis, Cornette & Payton, Greenville, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, appeals from a judgment awarding the appellees, Janie C. Lawton and husband, $30,090 as damages for the taking by condemnation of 20 acres from the appellees' 118-acre farm. The main contention of the appellant is that the trial court committed prejudicial error in overruling motions to strike the testimony of various witnesses for the appellees because they improperly reached their "after...

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