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- Title: Ark. State Highway Comm. v. Carder
- Author : Supreme Court of Arkansas
- Release Date : January 30, 1957
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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On December 28, 1955, the appellant, Arkansas State Highway Commission, filed suit condemning 5.44 acres of land out of a
11.44-acre tract owned by appellees, Frank G. Carder and Frank G. Carder Jr., in Jacksonville, Arkansas. These lands along
with others were condemned for the reconstruction and relocation of that part of U.S. Highway 67 in Pulaski County known as
the North Little Rock - Jacksonville - Air Force Base Highway. A "Declaration of Taking" was filed January 16, 1956 for the
"controlled-access" road. The issue of the amount of damages sustained by appellees for the taking of their lands was tried
to a jury on December 11, 1956, resulting in a verdict and judgment for $31,500. Appellant first contends the verdict is excessive in that there is no substantial evidence to support it be cause there is
no fair or reasonable basis for the estimates and opinions of the witnesses for appellees concerning the amount of their damages.
While the question of the sufficiency of the evidence is one of the law, it is also settled that in making such determination
this court must consider the testimony in the light most favorable to appellees and indulge all reasonable inferences in favor
of the judgment.