State Ex Rel. Publicity & Parks Commission v. Earl

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

Incident to a condemnation suit by tbe Arkansas Publicity and Parks Commission (brought in tbe name of tbe State) to obtain a fee in certain lands and a permanent easement in adjacent lands for tbe purpose . of constructing an airport on Petit Jean Mountain, tbe issues arising related to tbe amount of compensation and damages due to tbe landowners.

Tbe factual background preceding this litigation wil be helpful to an understanding of tbe several questions presented. On January 12, 1954, Billie Earl and bis wife executed to Winthrop Rockefeller a 20 year lease on…