ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. SMITH

No. 5-5772.

477 S.W.2d 170 (1972)

ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. C. L. SMITH et ux., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Keys, Little Rock, Charles Yinging, Jr., Searcy, Hubert Graves, Little Rock, for appellant.

No brief for appellees.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

The highway department, in appealing from an $8,500 verdict and judgment in this condemnation case, argues two grounds for reversal.

First, it is insisted that the landowners' expert witness, W. L. Robertson, had no reasonable basis for his valuation, because he relied upon certain comparable sales without being able to show that those purchasers bought the lands for the same purpose that constituted the highest and best use for...

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