Hot Spring County v. Fowler

Tbis is a condemnation case in which the State Highway Commission called upon the county court to provide the right of way for the rehabilitation of Highway 67 in Hot Spring county. Ark. Stats. 1947, § 76-510. The appellees, Carl Fowler and his wife, filed a claim against the county for damages of $6,000. The county court denied the claim, as excessive, but in the circuit court the appellees were awarded damages of $4,150. The sole question on appeal is whether the county’s plea of limitations should have been sustained.

On April 10,1956, the county court entered an order condemning the right…