Arkansas State Highway Comm'n v. Bowers

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

This is a highway condemnation case. The Arkansas State Highway Commission acquired .06 acres from a total ownership of 1.6 acres, the property belonging to William C. Bowers, and imposed a control of access between the acquisition area and the remainder. On trial, Mr. Lynn S. Van Natta, a real estate appraiser, testified on behalf of Bowers and wife, appellees herein, that the before value of the property was $62,000.00, the after value, $51,-560.00, and that the property had thus been damaged in the amount of $10,440.00. The jury returned a verdict of…