Board of Directors of St. Francis Levee District v. Redditt
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Crittenden Circuit Court; Allen Hughes, Judge; I. It was error to permit the witness to testify to the value of the lands without first qualifying by showing his knowledge of market values. 51 Ark. 329; Lewis on Em. Dom. § 436. And to permit testimony as to the difference in profit from renting- land and hiring the same cultivated. 1 Greenleaf, Fv.
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Appeal from Crittenden Circuit Court; Allen Hughes, Judge; I. It was error to permit the witness to testify to the value of the lands without first qualifying by showing his knowledge of market values. 51 Ark. 329; Lewis on Em. Dom. § 436. And to permit testimony as to the difference in profit from renting- land and hiring the same cultivated. 1 Greenleaf, Fv. (16 Fd.), § § 430 I, 441 B; 59 Ark. 105. It was further error to permit testimony by the witness that the land overflowed three times in 1903, and had never known it to be overflowed three times in one year before the building of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
This is an appeal from an action brought in Crittenden Circuit Court by Mrs. Redditt, a landowner, against the levee district for appropriating her land for the construction of a levee across it, and for damages, compensatory and punitive, for its actions in the premises. The punitive damages were either not insisted upon or ruled against in the lower court, and nothing appears touching that subject beyond the allegations of the complaint.
The verdict rendered was as follows: “We, the jury, find for the plaintiff, and assess the damage at $3,000 (three thousand dollars), of which $1,787.50 is…
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