Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Newton

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is an appeal from a $15,000 verdict and judgment in a condemnation suit. The only argument for reversal is that the trial court should have sustained the condemnor’s motion to strike the testimony of the landowners’ expert witness with respect to the value of the land after the taking, because, in the language of the objection, he gave “no fair and reasonable basis” for his figures.

In our opinion the witness unquestionably gave a fair and reasonable basis for his opinion. He had been engaged in the real estate business in the county for 26 years, was familiar…