State v. Crews

SPECTOR, Judge.

The relator seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain the respondent from exercising jurisdiction in an action for business damages alleged to have been sustained by one J. W. Walker of Levy County, Florida, as a result of the condemnation of land leased by him.

Mr. Walker was not made a party defendant in the principal action which has been completed. His landlord, the owner of the fee, was made a party and has been compensated for the taking. During the pendency of the trial of the condemnation action, Walker sought to intervene for the purpose of having his business damages…