Ark. State Highway Comm. v. Troutman

Paul Ward, Justice.

This case involves the taking, for highway purposes, of a small piece of land located on U. S. Highway 62-65 in the town of Bellefonte.

On June 18, 1965 eleven property owners in or near Bellefonte filed a petition in chancery court to enjoin the Arkansas State Highway Commission (appellant herein) from entering upon and taking their property. Two months later Alma Troutman (appellee herein) filed an intervention in said action, asking for the same relief. Thereupon appellant filed an answer to the intervention alleging that it acquired the right-of-way over appellees’ land…