Griffin v. City of Jacksonville

BOYER, Acting Chief Judge.

By petition for writ of certiorari, petitioners (defendants in the trial court) seek to have reviewed an order of the trial court upholding the necessity for the taking of petitioners’ property by respondent under its power of eminent domain.

Proceedings were commenced by respondent filing a complaint in eminent domain together with a declaration of taking. The trial court entered an order of taking without first taking testimony or receiving any other evidence as to necessity. This Court granted certiorari and reversed and remanded for the purpose of taking such…