Ark. State Highway Comm. v. Fowler

Jim Johnson, Justice.

This condemnation action was brought by appellant Arkansas State Highway Commission to acquire 18.58 acres of land for highway purposes from appellees J. Houston Fowler and his wife. A complaint and declaration of taking was filed in Hot Spring Circuit Court on May 27, 1964, and $4,-850 was deposited in the registry of the court as estimated just compensation. At trial on July 13, 1965, appellant’s value witnesses testified that appellees’ damages were from $3,000 to $3,250, whereas appellees’ value witnesses placed the damage from $12,086 to $15,-000. The jury returned a…