City of Prescott v. Williamson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Nevada Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COUKT. The city of Prescott brought this suit to extend G-reenlawn Street and condemn a right-of-way therefor through and across two lots belonging to appellee.
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Appeal from Nevada Circuit Court; Jacob M. Carter, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COUKT. The city of Prescott brought this suit to extend G-reenlawn Street and condemn a right-of-way therefor through and across two lots belonging to appellee. The testimony tends to show that the two lots were of the value of from five to eight hundred dollars, and were 100 feet wide by 240 feet long, and that the extension of the street through them required a strip of land 60 feet wide by 480 feet long, leaving a strip eight feet wide on the south side of the street, and thirty-two feet wide on the north side of…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). It is contended for reversal that the court erred in refusing to permit W. W. Greeson and other witnesses to answer whether they knew that appellees owned the two others lots north of and adjoining the two through which the right-of-way was sought to be condemned, in refusing to allow witnesses to answer the question as to what would be the damage to the lots, or the land taken for the street, considering that the strips remaining would adjoin several other lots, the property of appellees, and in refusing to allow them to answer the following question: “If…
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