Hampton v. Arkansas State Game & Fish Commission

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This appeal presents the question, whether the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission is authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire lands on which to establish a public duck hunting project.

Appellee, Arkansas State Game and'Fish Commission (hereinafter called “Commission”) filed complaint in the Circuit Court naming a number of parties as defendants, and seeking to acquire by eminent domain all of the defendants’ rights in 1320 acres of described real estate in Jefferson County, to be a part of a c'ontemplated plot of approximately 40,000 acres,…