Arkansas State Highway Comm'n v. Wallace

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Appellant Arkansas State Highway Commission instituted this action in eminent domain to acquire from Alma S. Wallace, appellee, 2.55 acres needed for the relocation of State Highway No. 9. The jury fixed the landowner’s damages at $18,000. On direct appeal the Commission argues error in the admission of certain value testimony and in an admonition to the jury which is attacked as being a comment on the evidence. The landowner cross-appeals, alleging error in the giving and refusing of certain instructions and in allowing the Commission to proceed on the assumption that the…