Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Cook

1 Citing case

  1. Enterprise Sales Co. v. Barham

    270 Ark. 544 (Ark. 1980)   Cited 5 times

    Arkansas State Highway Com'n. v. Geeslin, 247 Ark. 537, 446 S.W.2d 245. Value cannot be based upon a figure plucked out of the air. Arkansas State Highway Com'n. v. Stanley, 234 Ark. 428, 353 S.W.2d 173. A landowner's opinion testimony as to the value of his property is not substantial if it is shown that he has no satisfactory explanation for it. Arkansas State Highway Com'n. v. Darr, 246 Ark. 204, 437 S.W.2d 463; Arkansas State Highway Com'n. v. Duff, 246 Ark. 922, 440 S.W.2d 563; Arkansas State Highway Com'n. v. Cook, 257 Ark. 98, 514 S.W.2d 215. Barham expressed the opinion that the value of the property, due to its condition when he moved in, was "[sixteen to eighteen thousand dollars."