Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Cottrell

Tom Glaze, Judge.

This is an eminent domain case involving three adjoining residential tracts of land owned by three separate landowners: the Cottrells, the Robertsons, and the Waschkas. All three had direct access to Highway 82 in El Dorado until that highway was widened to four lanes; then these three properties lost direct access and became situated on a service road constructed across the front of the properties. The jury gave a verdict for each of the landowners as follows: the Cottrells — $5,240; the Robertsons — $2,796; the Waschkas — $3,940. The appellant, Arkansas State Highway…