Legal Opinion

State Highway Commission v. Holden

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 19, 1950No. 4-9225Published

1Opinion of the Court

231 S.W.2d 113 (1950)

STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION et al.

v.

HOLDEN.

No. 4-9225.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 19, 1950.

Daggett & Daggett, Marianna, for appellants.

Cracraft & Cracraft, Helena, for appellee.

McFADDIN, Justice.

The question presented is the landowner's right to recover damages for his crops destroyed by the construction of a highway; and the answer to the question depends on whether the landowner's damages are to be fixed as of the date of (a) the making of the County Court order, under Sec. 76-917 Ark.Stats., or (b) the taking of the lands by actual entry.

On October 27, 1947 the County…

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2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Selle v. City of FayettevilleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944
  2. Newgass v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1891
  3. Arkansas State Highway Commission v. PartainSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1936
  4. Sloan v. Lawrence CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
  5. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. BolesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908

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