Legal Opinion

State Highway Commission v. Holden

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 19, 1950No. 4-9225PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

The question presented is the landowner’s right to recover damages for his crops destroyed by the construction of a highway; and the answer to the question depends on whether the landowner’s damages are to be fixed as of the date of (a) the making of the County Court order (under § 76-917, Ark. Stats.), or (b) the taking of the lands by actual entry.

On October 27,1947, the County Court of Lee County, on petition of the State Highway Commission 1 and without notice to the landowner, made an order (under said § 76-917, Ark. Stats.) designating the location of a State…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Newgass v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1891
  2. Arkansas State Highway Commission v. PartainSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1936
  3. Sloan v. Lawrence CountySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1918
  4. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. BolesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
  5. Independence County v. LesterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1927

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Ballantyne Company v. City of OmahaNebraska Supreme Court · 1962
  2. Ark. State Highway Commission v. DobbsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1960
  3. Ark. State Highway Comm. v. CookSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
  4. Arkansas State Highway Commission v. FlakeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  5. Tri-B Advertising, Inc. v. Arkansas State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976

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