Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Mullens

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This eminent domain case concerns a 104 acre tract with a quarter mile frontage on State Highway 23. The highway commission cut a considerable swath across the lands, taking 51.10 acres for Interstate 30 and a rest area. After the taking there remained wooded lands north of the new highway and the homesite and cultivated lands south of the new highway and fronting on State Highway 23. By her testimony the landowner fixed her damages at $28,100; her expert witness fixed the damages at $20,300. The jury awarded damages of $28,100. For reversal appellant contends (1) that the…