Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Bass

BRIGHTMIRE, Presiding Judge.

This is an action by a natural gas company to condemn some of Clark Bass’s land for a pipeline right-of-way. The commissioners reported the damages to be $9,968. A jury decided, however, that the defendants’ damage was $16,100. The gas company, Arkansas Louisiana Gas Company, appeals. We affirm.

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ARKLA sued to acquire a right-of-way fifty feet in width and embracing 6.23 acres in order to install a 4V2 inch natural gas pipeline across defendants’ 644-acre tract. On August 25, 1981, the court-appointed commissioners fixed the amount of compensation at $9,968. The…