Ark. State Highway Comm. v. Blakeley

Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict in the amount of $1,000 in favor of appellees in an eminent domain action brought by appellant to condemn land for a highway overpass at Benton.

Pursuant to Act 115 of 1953 (Ark. Stat. § 76-534 et seq.) the Arkansas Highway Commission filed a declaration of taking of the land involved and made a deposit of estimated just compensation in the amount of $500. The deposit was withdrawn by appellees under the provisions of this act. The matter was tried to a jury and a verdict of $1,000 was returned in favor of appellees. The…