ARKANSAS POWER & LIGHT CO. v. LLEWELLYN

No. CA 79-293.

595 S.W.2d 712 (1980)

ARKANSAS POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, Appellant, v. Joe E. LLEWELLYN and Nora Llewellyn, his wife, and J. B. Massey and Laura C. Massey, his wife, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arkansas.

Released for Publication April 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

House, Holmes & Jewell, Little Rock, for appellant.

Reed & Irwin, Heber Springs, for appellees.


Released for Publication by the Court of Appeals April 2, 1980.

NEWBERN, Judge.

In this condemnation case, the judge refused to allow the appellant to present testimony showing the amount the landowners had paid for the land some five years before the condemnation. We reverse because the evidence should have been admitted.

The landowners, in 1972, bought 259 acres fronting the Little Red River for $62,500. In 1977, the appellant condemned 2.94 acres...

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