Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Spence

Frank Holt, Justice.

In this land condemnation case a jury returned a $22,500 verdict for appellee against the appellant as just compensation for the 84.52 acres appellant condemned for interstate highway construction and a roadside park.

We agree with the appellant’s two assertions of errors regarding the value testimony of appellee’s expert value witness, Robert Darr; first, that the court erred in not striking the value testimony of this witness because he used small lot sales to establish the value of the large tract of land taken which contained raw acreage; second, that land values on a…