Ark. State Highway Comm. v. Stanley

Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.

This appeal arises from a re-trial of eminent domain proceedings for highway purposes. On June 15, 1960, appellant Arkansas State Highway Commission filed a complaint and declaration of taking in Saline Circuit Court, condemning 18.03 acres of land belonging to appellees Marshall and Dorothy Stanley, along the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 30. Appellant Highway Commission deposited $5,000.00 in the registry of the court as estimated just compensation for the property, which was later withdrawn by appellees. Appellees filed an answer praying-judgment for the…