ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. PRUITT

No. 5-5400.

460 S.W.2d 316 (1970)

ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. Cecil PRUITT and Louise Pruitt, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Chas. A. Walls, Jr., Lonoke, for appellees.


HOLT, Justice.

In this condemnation proceeding the State acquired 21.79 acres of appellees' lands. This acquisition, which was needed in the relocation of a controlled access facility, bisected a 200-acre tract of appellees' lands. The landowners' witness, Doyle Greer, estimated their damages at $29,000. Two expert witnesses for the landowners testified that damages amounted to $27,500 and $24,700 respectively. Value witnesses for the State estimated appellees' damages...

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