CENTRAL & SOUTHERN FLA. FLOOD CON. DIST. v. GRIFFITH

No. 59-211.

119 So.2d 423 (1960)

CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, Appellant, v. C. Gordon GRIFFITH and Alta F. Griffith, His Wife, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sturrup & Gautier, Miami, for appellant.

John E. Kirk, Miami, for appellees.


HORTON, Chief Judge.

Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District, defendant below, has appealed from a final decree permanently enjoining it from erecting a salt water control dam in the Biscayne Canal located on the Miami Shores golf course. The effect of the District's proposed action would be to obstruct navigation upon waters of the canal. The record discloses that Biscayne Canal is a navigable water course originally constructed by Dade County, which...

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