Cullum v. Van Buren County

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

This is an appeal by a landowner from a judgment, based on a Jury Verdict, that refused to award the landowner any damages for his property taken for highway purposes.

The County Court of Van Burén County made an order 1 for the relocation of State Highway No. 9 which resulted in taking approximately one acre of Cullum’s land. His claim for $5,000 damages was entirely disallowed by the County Court. On appeal to the Circuit Court, the case was tried to a Jury, and from a judgment adverse to Cullum, he brings this appeal.

I. Sufficiency of the Evidence to Sustain the…