Jacksonville Expressway Authority v. Bennett

MASON, Associate Judge.

Petitioner in an eminent domain proceeding, Jacksonville Expressway Authority, has appealed from an order of the trial judge granting new trials to the owners of two parcels of land taken in such proceeding for a public purpose, viz.: for use in the construction of the Jacksonville Expressway System. The trial judge granted new trials on the stated grounds that the awards in each instance were (1) less than the estimate of just compensation filed by the petitioner with its declaration of taking, (2) were so inadequate as to shock the judicial conscience, and (3) did not…