Edwards v. Arkansas Power & Light Co.

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The key question on this appeal is whether the making of an insufficient deposit by the condemnor upon the filing of an eminent domain proceeding gives the landowner a cause of action in tort for the condemnor’s alleged bad faith. We hold that it does not.

This case is a sequel to a condemnation action brought in October, 1978, by Arkansas Power & Light Company against the appellants, owners of land sought to be condemned as part of the site for a generating plant. That case was tried to a jury and resulted in a verdict fixing the value of the land at $2,050 an acre,…