Arkansas Power & Light Co. v. Llewellyn

David Newbern, Judge.

In this condemnation case, the judge refused to allow the appellant to present testimony showing the amount the landowners had paid for the land some five years before the condemnation. We reverse because the evidence should have been admitted.

The landowners, in 1972, bought 259 acres fronting the Little Red River for $62,500. In 1977, the appellant condemned 2.94 acres of that land and erected a power transmission line through it. One of the landowners, Joe Llewellyn, testified the appellant had taken land worth $81,320. That sum apparently included severance damages.…