Springfield v. Housing Authority

Minor W. Millwee, Associate Justice.

Appellee, Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; brought this suit in circuit court to condemn 7% residential lots with 27 dilapidated dwellings located thereon for a slum clearance and urban development project. The case was transferred to chancery court, where the appellants, as owners, contested appellee’s right to take the property on numerous grounds. Trial resulted in a decree finding that the properties comprised a portion of a blighted slum area which appellee was entitled to condemn and take in its slum clearance project. The court…