City of Ozark v. Nichols

Margaret Meads, Judge.

The City of Ozark, Arkansas, filed a condemnation complaint against appellees on June 14, 1993, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a water-storage tank, water line, and roadway on land owned by appellees. Ozark posted a seventy-five hundred dollar ($7,500.00) bond with the circuit clerk’s office, and the circuit court entered an order of possession in favor of Ozark on June 14, 1993. Ozark filed a second amended complaint on November 30, 1994, to add newly discovered defendants. Answers were filed seeking a jury trial for the purpose of determining just…