ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. HUGHES

No. 5-3906.

403 S.W.2d 80 (1966)

ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. James HUGHES et ux., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 30, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George O. Green and Thomas B. Keys, Little Rock, for appellant.

Lookadoo, Gooch & Lookadoo, Arkadelphia, for appellees.


McFADDIN, Justice.

This is an eminent domain action brought by the appellant, Arkansas State Highway Commission, to acquire 13.03 acres for a right of way for U. S. Interstate No. 30. The landowners are the appellees, James H. Hughes and wife. The Highway Commission considered the total damages which the landowners were entitled to receive, both for the taking and the severance damages, to be $5700.00. The jury awarded the landowners $11,000.00; and the Highway Commission...

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