ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. COFFMAN

No. 5-4947.

444 S.W.2d 689 (1969)

ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. Loyd COFFMAN et ux., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Keys, and Philip N. Gowen, Little Rock, for appellant.

Guy H. Jones and Phil Stratton, Conway, and Joe Cambiano, Morrilton, for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a condemnation proceeding in which the highway department is taking, as a right of way for Interstate 40, a strip of land comprising 14.09 acres along the southern edge of a 50-acre tract owned by the appellees. The appeal is from a verdict and judgment fixing the landowners' compensation at $65,000.

The appellant first insists that it was entitled to a change of venue. The proof...

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