Silver Springs, Inc. v. Canal Authority

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Petitioners seek review by certiorari of an order of taking rendered in an eminent domain proceeding brought by respondent Canal Authority pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 73, 74, and 374, Florida Statutes, F.S.A.

T.he principal thrust of petitioners’ position is that respondent abused its discretion and acted in bad faith by abdicating its responsibility and relinquishing to the United States Corps of Engineers its discretion in determining the quantity and location of and the quantum of the estate to be taken in the lands sought to be acquired, as well as the need of…