Ark. State Highway Commission v. Cochran

This is a proceeding by the Highway Commission to condemn 2.038 acres of land, owned by the appellee Cochran. The parcel being condemned is part of a three-acre tract, all of which is subject to a mineral lease executed by Cochran to the other appellee, Hogan & Company. The jury fixed the appellees’ compensation at $10,140.00 for Cochran’s ownership and $2,127.50 for Hogan’s interest as lessee. The Commission contends that the verdicts are excessive and that erroneous rulings were made during the trial.

Cochran’s mining lease to Hogan authorized the latter to remove from the three acres what…