Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Frierson

John I. Purtle, Justice.

The Craighead Circuit Court awarded appellees $9,000 damages in a condemnation suit brought by the Arkansas State Highway Commission. Appellant appeals on the ground that part of the testimony of a value witness was inadmissible and should have been stricken. We think the court properly allowed the testimony of the expert witness.

Appellees, Charles Frierson III and Carolyn Frierson, his wife, owned a 75-acre tract of land in Craighead County. They acquired the property in 1964. The Arkansas State Highway Commission filed a declaration of taking on May 20, 1974; and, an…