Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Lewis

George Rose Smith, Justice.

When this condemnation action was filed in 1971 the appellee owned a 14.51-acre tract at the intersection of West Markham Street and Shackleford Road, in Little Rock. The highway department is taking all except 5.42 acres of that tract. The taking is partly for a controlled-access highway and partly for city streets, the landowner having a right of access to the latter. The jury fixed the landowner’s compensation at $88,000. Several points for reversal are argued.

The highway department, in filing the complaint and declaration of taking, as amended, incorporated by…