Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Clemmons

428 S.W.2d 280 (1968)

ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Appellant,

v.

Lillie D. CLEMMONS et al., Appellees.

No. 5-4534.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 3, 1968.

Thomas B. Keys, and Billy Pease, Little Rock, for appellant.

Dale L. Bumpers, Charleston, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

On October 3, 1963, the State Highway Commission filed an action to condemn 8.67 acres of the appellees' land, to serve as part of the right-of-way for Interstate Highway 40. On February 7, 1964, the case was settled by the entry of a consent judgment awarding the landowners $13,300 as just compensation for their…