CITY OF MIAMI v. CULBERTSON

No. 73-318.

281 So.2d 578 (1973)

CITY OF MIAMI, Appellant, v. Wallace D. CULBERTSON et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

August 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Rothstein, City Atty., and R. Harris Turner, Asst. City Atty., for appellant.

John R. Farrell, Miami, Sibley, Giblin, Levenson & Ward, Miami Beach, for appellees.

Before PEARSON, HENDRY and HAVERFIELD, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order allowing attorney's fees in an eminent domain proceeding. The point presented challenges the amount of the fee.

The record reveals that the fee was less an amount than the amount testified to by any of the three expert witnesses. The City declined to present any evidence and stated upon inquiry by the trial judge, "I don't know what a reasonable fee is ... I want to throw that in your lap." Upon further inquiry by...

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