State ex rel. Department of Highways v. Salter

BOLIN, Judge.

This is one of a series of expropriation cases arising out of the widening of U.S. Highway 167 in the Jonesboro-Hodge area. The property expropriated is adjacent to the Oil Mark tract involved in the recent decision of this court in State, Department of Highways v. Oil Mark Corporation, reported in 324 So.2d 606 (1975).

The district court awarded the landowners $6,805.61 for the land and improvements, $16,787.50 for severance damages, and awarded an additional $9,562.28 as expert witness fees. The Department appeals, contending there was no severance damage and that the other…