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  "id": 8723833,
  "name": "ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. ALVIN SAMUEL GIN COMPANY, INC. et al",
  "name_abbreviation": "Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Alvin Samuel Gin Co.",
  "decision_date": "1974-06-03",
  "docket_number": "74-30",
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      "cite": "510 S.W.2d 65"
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      "ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. ALVIN SAMUEL GIN COMPANY, INC. et al"
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    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "GEORGE Rose Smith, Justice.\nIn this condemnation proceeding the highway department, in order to widen Highway 25 in the city of Paragould, is taking about 2,000 square feet of the Alvin Samuel Gin Company\u2019s property. The strip being taken had been used as a parking and service area for the company\u2019s cotton gin. In appealing from a verdict and judgment for $10,000 the highway department contends that the testimony of Alvin Samuel, the company\u2019s president and active manager, should have been stricken, and that there is no substantial evidence to support the award.\nWe find no merit in either contention. Samuel had been engaged in the ginning business in Paragould for 18 years. In addition to being the president of the corporate landowner, he was a bank director and in that capacity had become familiar with property and loan values. He had also bought and sold property himself.\nSamuel estimated the company\u2019s damages at $18,000. He explained that the taking deprived the company of ten parking spaces for 5-bale trailers. The company would also be compelled to change its parking pattern, effectively depriving it of another 2,000 square feet of usable space. Two additional men would be needed to handle the parking. Samuel also relied upon a sale of comparable property, about a block and a half from the gin site, at a price confirming his estimate of the company\u2019s damages. Counsel for the appellant cite no authority for their suggestion that one comparable sale is not a sufficient basis for a witness\u2019s opinion as to market value, nor can we discern any basis for such a rule. We find that Samuel\u2019s testimony was competent substantial evidence supporting the $10,000 verdict.\nAffirmed.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "GEORGE Rose Smith, Justice."
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    "attorneys": [
      "Thomas B. Keys and Philip .V. (ionrn, for appellant.",
      "Cathey, Brown, Goodwin & Hamilton, for appellees."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION v. ALVIN SAMUEL GIN COMPANY, INC. et al\n74-30\n510 S.W. 2d 65\nOpinion delivered June 3, 1974\nThomas B. Keys and Philip .V. (ionrn, for appellant.\nCathey, Brown, Goodwin & Hamilton, for appellees."
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