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ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. TILLEY

No. 5-5002.

445 S.W.2d 510 (1969)

ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. Louise F. TILLEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 13, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Keys and James N. Dowell, Little Rock, for appellant.

Douglas Bradley, Jonesboro, for appellee.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In this condemnation proceeding the jury awarded the appellee landowner $20,000 for the taking of 3.94 acres, which works out at about $5,075 an acre. It was stipulated that a highway department appraiser would testify that the land taken was worth $6,000 an acre. The condemnor nevertheless insists that the verdict is excessive, upon the theory that the construction of the new highway will benefit the landowner's remaining 23.29 acres in...

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