Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Schell

Donald L. Corbin, Judge.

Appellant, Arkansas State Highway Commission, appeals from a j udgment entered on a jury verdict assessing compensation in the amount of $50,000.00 for the taking of the lands of appellants, Harold D. and Bertha E. Schell. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in refusing to adopt its statement of the evidence, in refusing to grant its motion for a new trial and in refusing to allow appellant to inquire into the basis of the opinion of witness Neil Palmer. We reverse and remand.

Appellant condemned part of a forty-acre tract of appellees’ land for construction…