SURRENCY v. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY

No. 1150.

116 So.2d 782 (1959)

Rosa L. SURRENCY, Appellant, v. INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Florida, a Political Subdivision of the State of Florida and Body Corporate under the Laws of the State of Florida, J.J.P. Hamilton, D.B. McCullers, Jr., W.C. Graves, Jr., Robert W. Graves, and Donald Macdonald, Consisting of the Board of County Commissioners in and for Indian River County, and V.L. Whittier and Wife, Mrs. V.L. Whittier, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Hardin Peterson, J. Hardin Peterson, Jr., Lakeland, for appellant.

Byron T. Cooksey of Brown & Cooksey, Ft. Pierce, for appellees Mr. and Mrs. V.L. Whittier.

Sherman N. Smith, Jr., of Smith, Diamond & Heath, Vero Beach, for appellees Indian River County and Board of County Commissioners.

Wm. A. McRae, Jr., of Holland, Bevis, McRae & Smith, Bartow, amicus curiae.


PER CURIAM.

We find that there is substantial evidence to support the decision of the Chancellor, and we therefore affirm his decree.

The Chancellor did direct in the Decree of December, 1958, that the matter of the compensation to be paid for the way of necessity over the land of the appellant, be heard before a jury; we feel, however, upon the doctrine of the case of Sunnybrook Groves, Inc. v. Hicks, Fla.App. Second District 1959, 113 So...

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