Brady v. City of Springdale

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

This is an appeal by the landowner from a judgment of the Washington County Circuit Court denying his motion for a new trial in a condemnation case. The City of Springdale, through eminent domain, condemned a construction easement 50 feet wide and a permanent easement 15 feet wide for a sewer line across ten acres of the appellant’s tract of land containing 114 acres. By answer and counterclaim the appellant alleged damages in the amount of $25,000 for the taking of the easement,- and $20,000 further damage in diminished value of the remaining land because of water and…