Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Rye

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This is an eminent domain cáse. It concerns a tract of land consisting of 101 acres in Scott County approximately one mile north of the city limits of Waldron. The south sixty-one acres of the property fronted on the west right-of-way of U.S. Highway 71 for one-quarter of a mile. That portion of the property was improved with the owners’ dwelling and outbuildings. The 2.96 acres was taken so the State could build the Waldron by-pass. The acquisition was a strip of land along the entire Highway 71 frontage ranging in depth from 15 feet to 371 feet. Two, 50 foot access…