Manhattan Properties Ltd. v. Division of Administration, State, Department of Transportation

DANAHY, Acting Chief Judge.

In this eminent domain case the appellants appeal the trial court’s order which dismissed the action for lack of record activity pursuant to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.420(e). We reverse.

The appellee, the State Department of Transportation (DOT), filed its petition condemning the appellants’ (landowners’) real property following the quick-take procedures provided in chapter 74, Florida Statutes (1983). The DOT deposited into the court registry the requisite amount of money representing its good faith estimate of the value of the land condemned. The landowners…