Legal Opinion
Housing Authority v. Sparks
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided March 19, 1962No. 5-2629PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Neill Bohlinger, Associate Justice.
The appellant is an agency created as a body corporate and politic under the Housing Authority Act of the State Legislature, same being Act 298 of 1937. The appellee is owner of two lots in West Rock Addition, same being Lot 8 of Block 1 and Lot 10 of Block 1.
In carrying out its work in slum clearance and urban renewal, the appellant filed its complaint in Pulaski Circuit Court seeking to condemn the above named lots. The appellee answered and raised an equitable defense and the case was transferred to Pulaski Chancery Court where it was duly tried and from…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- L. R. Junction Ry. v. WoodruffSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1887
- Ark. State Highway Comm. v. WatkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1958
- State v. Lincoln Memory Gardens, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1961
- Carolina Power and Light Company v. ClarkSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1956
3Cited by2 opinions
- Arkansas State Highway Commission v. N.W.A. Realty Corp.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1977
- Hegg v. DickensCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1983