Bowden v. City of Jacksonville
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Duval County. STATEMENT. On January 1st, 1906, the plaintiff in error filed in the Circuit Court for Duval County a declaration as follows: “In Circuit Court, 1th Judicial Circuit, County of Duval, State of Florida. James E. T. Bowden, v. City of Jacksonville, a municipal corporation, existing under the. laws of the State of Florida.- — Trespass on the case. Damages $25,000.00.— Declaration.
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This case was decided by Division A. Writ of error to the Circuit Court for Duval County. STATEMENT. On January 1st, 1906, the plaintiff in error filed in the Circuit Court for Duval County a declaration as follows: “In Circuit Court, 1th Judicial Circuit, County of Duval, State of Florida. James E. T. Bowden, v. City of Jacksonville, a municipal corporation, existing under the. laws of the State of Florida.- — Trespass on the case. Damages $25,000.00.— Declaration. State of Florida, County of Duval. — ss. James E. T. Bowden, plaintiff in the above entitled cause, by It. El Bowden and Pope &…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
(after stating the facts) : The damages alleged in the first count of the declaration are:(1) For the change in the grade of the approach to the viaduct adjacent to plaintiff’s lot so as to make the passage way over the viaduct eighteen inches above the entrance to plaintiff’s building, which entrance was constructed so as to be even with the grade of the viaduct before it was raised; (2) for giving up by the defendant of the original street to said railroad companies for other than street purposes in consequence of the original construction of the viaduct; (3) for being excluded from the use…
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