SPRINGFIELD v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF LITTLE ROCK

No. 5-1310.

304 S.W.2d 938 (1957)

M. D. SPRINGFIELD et ux., Appellants, v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied September 30, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. W. Pete Wiggins, Little Rock, for appellants.

Mehaffy, Smith & Williams, Little Rock, for appellee.


MILLWEE, Justice.

Appellee, Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, brought this suit in circuit court to condemn 7½ residential lots with 27 dilapidated dwellings located thereon for a slum clearance and urban development project. The case was transferred to chancery court, where the appellants, as owners, contested appellee's right to take the property on numerous grounds. Trial resulted in a decree...

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