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ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. HAWKINS

No. 5-5656.

474 S.W.2d 673 (1972)

ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. John F. HAWKINS et ux., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 10, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Keys, Little Rock, Charles E. Yingling, Jr., Searcy, and Hubert E. Graves, Little Rock, for appellant.

Joe T. Gunter, Cabot, for appellees.

GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

This is a condemnation suit in which the highway department is taking 19.01 acres out of the appellees' 64-acre tract of farm land. In appealing from a verdict and judgment fixing the landowners' compensation at $12,500 the department argues two points for reversal.

First, the landowners' expert witness, Terrell Huff, testified that the highest and best use for the property, which lies near the city of Beebe, would be to subdivide...

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