Blinkman v. Dade County

PEARSON, Judge.

The appellants were defendants to a petition in an eminent domain proceeding. The county sought the fee simple title for the purpose of providing approaches to a limited access highway. Defendants’ property fronts for some 100 feet upon the Miami River Canal and is approximately 68 feet deep. The county already owned an unused right-of-way easement for highway purposes which covered 50 feet of the 68 feet depth mentioned. A residence on the prop*24erty was partly upon land covered by the easement.

Shortly after the beginning of the trial the trial court ruled that the county would…