Arkansas State Highway Commission v. First Pyramid Life Insurance Co. of America

I agree that the judgment must be reversed because of the exclusion of the testimony of Allen Horne. I cannot agree, however, with the court’s holding as to the testimony of Wesley Adams.

The trial of any lawsuit should be a search for truth, not a “cat and mouse” game. This should especially be true in an eminent domain suit. It is a procedure for seeking a truth based on an idealistic concept, that of “just compensation” for “private property . . . taken, appropriated or damaged for public use.” Art. 2, § 22, Constitution of Arkansas. The application of this concept in a realistic way is…