ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. PARKS

No. 5-3851.

401 S.W.2d 732 (1966)

ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. Earl PARKS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Green and Don Langston, Little Rock, for appellant.

Howell, Price & Worsham, Little Rock, Clark, Clark & Clark, Conway, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is an eminent domain proceeding in which the Highway Commission is taking, for a highway right-of-way, 10.89 acres of a 41-acre tract and 8.09 acres of an 84-acre tract. The jury awarded the owners $8,000 for one taking and $6,000 for the other. The verdicts were somewhat smaller than the landowners' claims but more than double the amounts deposited in court by the Commission as the estimated value of the lands being acquired. For...

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