Inland Waterway Develop. v. City of Jacksonville

Eminent domain proceedings by City of Jacksonville against Inland Waterway Development Company to acquire a tract of land, wherein the Jacksonville Baseball Exhibition Company was permitted to intervene and become a party defendant. From an adverse judgment, both defendants appeal.

Affirmed. The City of Jacksonville exhibited its petition in the Circuit Court, alleging among other things that it was "vested by law with the power of eminent domain to condemn all lands necessary for its corporate purposes." The object of the petition was to acquire title by condemnation to certain lands within…