Ark. State Highway Comm. v. Sisson

This is a proceeding brought by the Highway Commission to condemn a fifteen-foot strip along the edge of a lot in Springdale, the site of a filling station. The appellees are the landowner, Willella Sisson, and her lessee, Sunray DX Oil Company. The jury awarded the landowner $15,000 and the lessee $6,750.

On direct appeal the Commission contends that the trial court, in empaneling the jury, erred in allowing the land-owner and the lessee three peremptory challenges each. This contention is well-taken. Our statutes contemplate that each side — the plaintiffs and the defendants —will have a…