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CLARK COUNTY v. MITCHELL

No. 5-352.

266 S.W.2d 831 (1954)

CLARK COUNTY v. MITCHELL et al.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. W. Lookadoo, Arkadelphia, W. R. Thrasher and W. L. Terry, Little Rock, for appellant.

John H. Lookadoo, Arkadelphia, for appellees.

ROBINSON, Justice.

The issue here is the amount of damages suffered by a landowner by reason of the loss of a strip of ground taken by eminent domain proceedings for a.highway right-of-way, and because of the lowering of the grade of the highway about 5 feet in front of appellee's place of business., A jury was waived and the circuit court, sitting as a jury, awarded damages in the sum of $20,000. Clark County has appealed contending the judgment is excessive.

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