Coffelt v. Arkansas State Highway Commission

I agree with the majority that the testimony has been abstracted in question and answer form and in that respect it violates Rule 9 of our rules. Harris v. Arkansas Real Estate Commission, 274 Ark. 537, 627 S.W.2d 1 (1982). Admittedly, we have affirmed other cases on the basis of Rule 9 where the appellant failed to provide an abridgement and simply reproduced the record in near verbatim form. Oaklawn Jockey Club v. Jameson, 280 Ark. 150, 655 S.W.2d 417 (1983); Gray v. Ouachita Creek Watershed District, 239 Ark. 142, 387 S.W.2d 605 (1965). But in those cases the breach was far greater. In the…