Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Clark

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

The question involved on this appeal is whether there is substantial evidence to sustain a verdict awarding appellees $5,000 for the taking of 5.76 acres of their 40-acre tract for the construction of a controlled-access highway. Appellant contends that neither the testimony of Guy Lee Clark, one of the landowners, nor that of Forrest Griswood, an expert witness for appellees, constituted substantial evidence. We find that the testimony was sufficient to support the verdict.

The tract lay one mile east and one mile south of Menifee. It was unimproved and constituted a…