Intercoastal Drydock, Inc. v. State Road Department

CHARLES CARROLL, Chief Judge.

The appellant, one of the defendants in a case of eminent domain, held a lease on a parcel of land owned by the defendant Elmore Daniels. The lease was made in 1961 and was for a period of ten years. The appellant had operated a business thereon from inception of the lease.

On trial the jury made an award of $197,705 for the property taken, plus moving expense of $3,602.50 to the owner, and found no special or “business damages” for the lessee. On this appeal, the lessee, contending it was entitled to receive damages to its business, assigned as error certain…