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SARASOTA COUNTY v. CURRY

No. 2D03-2015.

861 So.2d 1239 (2003)

SARASOTA COUNTY, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, Appellant, v. Fannie CURRY; Harvey G. Jandreau; Beverly I. Jandreau; Nationsbank f/k/a NCNB National Bank of Florida; South Trust Bank of Florida; Jeffrey W. Owen; Terri S. Owen; Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners; William J. Wisniewski; Margaret Wisniewski; John Kotkiewicz, Jr.; Margaret E. Kotkiewicz; Irene Barber, Faye Fortune; Larry Carpenter; Kaye Carpenter; Homeside Lending, Inc. f/k/a Barnett Mortgage Company f/k/a First Florida Bank, N.A.; Eleanor Ochotnicky; Lloyd P. Miller; Michael Kazimir; Julia D. Kazimir; Florida Power and Light Company; James Halleck Hoeland; Oscar A. Johnson, Jr., successor trustee; Lloyd P. Miller, trustee, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 12, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge L. Fernandez, County Attorney, and Elizabeth M. Woodford, Assistant County Attorney, Sarasota, for Appellant.

Michael A. Connolly of Taylor, Lawless and Singer, P.A., Sarasota, for Appellee Fannie Curry.

No Appearance for Appellees Harvey G. Jandreau; Beverly I. Jandreau; Nationsbank f/k/a NCNB National Bank of Florida; South Trust Bank of Florida; Jeffrey W. Owen; Terri S. Owen; Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners; William J. Wisniewski; Margaret Wisniewski; John Kotkiewicz, Jr.; Margaret E. Kotkiewicz; Irene Barber; Faye Fortune; Larry Carpenter; Kaye Carpenter; Homeside Lending, Inc. f/k/a Barnett Mortgage Company f/k/a First Florida Bank, N.A.; Eleanor Ochotnicky; Lloyd P. Miller; Michael Kazimir; Julia D. Kazimir; Florida Power and Light Company; James Halleck Hoeland; Oscar A. Johnson, Jr., successor trustee; Lloyd P. Miller, trustee.

STRINGER, Judge.

Sarasota County seeks review of an award of attorney's fees to Fannie Curry in this eminent domain action. Because the trial court abused its discretion in awarding the fees based on section 73.092(1), Florida Statutes (1995), we reverse.

In July 1996, Sarasota County brought an eminent domain proceeding to acquire numerous properties for a public project known as Albee Road Improvement. This appeal deals only with parcel 117A, the ownership...

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