COLUMBIA CTY. RURAL DEV. AUTH. v. HUDGENS

No. 84-134.

678 S.W.2d 324 (1984)

283 Ark. 415

COLUMBIA COUNTY RURAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, and the City of Magnolia, Ar., Appellants, v. B.J. HUDGENS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

October 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce D. Maloch, Magnolia, for Columbia County Rural Development Authority.

Ronny J. Bell, Magnolia, for City of Magnolia, Ar.

Smith, Stroud, McClerkin, Dunn & Nutter by R. David Freeze, Texarkana, for appellees.


DUDLEY, Justice.

The single issue on appeal is whether a corporation organized under the Rural Development Authority Act has the authority to exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and equipping a multi-use water supply lake.

The Columbia County Quorum Court approved Amended Ordinance No. 83-1, which recited that the county's water supply wells for residential and industrial...

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