Townsend v. Arkansas State Highway Commission

ROBERT L. Brown, Justice.

This is the fourth time this matter has been before this court. See Arkansas State Highway Comm’n v. Townsend, 313 Ark. 702, 858 S.W.2d 66 (1993) (Townsend I); Arkansas State Highway Comm’n v. Townsend, 317 Ark. 581, 879 S.W.2d 447 (1994) (Townsend II); Townsend v. Arkansas State Highway Comm’n, 322 Ark. 122, 907 S.W.2d 726 (1995) (Townsend III). Appellants Ray Townsend and Ray Townsend Farms, Inc. (Townsend), now contend that the chancery court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction when it first heard the Highway Commission’s petition for a mandatory injunction to…