CANAL AUTHORITY OF STATE v. MAINER

Nos. 82-817 to 82-827.

440 So.2d 1304 (1983)

The CANAL AUTHORITY OF the STATE of Florida, a Body Corporate under the Laws of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. Joyce G. MAINER (Formerly Joyce Elaine Gay), Ernest Gay, Ronald Gay and Verton Gay; Walter R. Berman, As Trustee; Francis S. Gay and Catherine Duane Gay; Ocala Manufacturing, Ice and Packing Company; Kenneth T. Hodges and Alverna C. Hodges, His Wife; Hasty-Greene Investments, Inc., a Florida Corporation; Silver Springs Shores, Inc., a Florida Corporation; John H. Couse and Barnetta S. Couse; Astor West, Inc.; James J. Griffitts and Leola H. Griffitts, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearings Denied November 28, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Louis F. Hubener, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellant.

C. Ray Greene, Jr., of Greene & Greene, P.A., Jacksonville, and Charles R. Forman, Ocala, for appellees.


SHARP, Judge.

The Canal Authority of the State of Florida appeals from eleven consolidated final judgments ordering it to convey lands back to appellees, the former landowners, and ordering the former owners of the parcels to return the purchase prices paid through various condemnation proceedings completed many years ago. We reverse.

The Canal Authority, a corporate entity created by state law1, was formed in 1933. Construction...

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