Canal Authority of Florida v. Silver Springs, Inc.

By petition for writ of certiorari we are asked to review a decision of the District Court of Appeal, First District, holding that the trial Court erred in concluding that the principle of res judicata precluded it from re-examining the quantum of estate previously awarded the petitioner in an interlocutory order of taking in a condemnation action to acquire a portion of the right of way for the Cross Florida Barge Canal, and in which the District Court held that the trial court erred in denying respondent’s motion to exclude a parcel of the property sought to be taken on the ground that it…