IRVING J. TRIEN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF BEATRICE M. TRIEN, DECEASED, SAUL C. UPSCHULTZ, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TRUSTEE, LOUIS TRIEN AND AARON WECKSTEIN, APPELLANTS,
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DADE COUNTY, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BY ITS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING AS THE DADE COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY, APPELLEE
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The Florida District Court of Appeal dismissed an interlocutory appeal of an order of taking in an eminent domain proceeding, holding that such orders are not appealable as a matter of right under the former rules of appellate procedure unless they meet the stringent requirements for common law certiorari review.
An order of taking in an eminent domain proceeding that does not relate to venue or jurisdiction is not appealable as an interlocutory appeal under former Rule 4.2. Such orders are only reviewable by common law certiorari where the order does not conform to essential legal requirements and delay in appeal would cause material injury inadequately remedied by final judgment appeal. The appeal was dismissed because the facts did not indicate material harm from delay.
“An order entered by the trial court determining petitioner's right to condemn in an eminent domain proceeding prior to the actual award of compensation and damages by the jury cannot be appealed because it does not possess sufficient finality to support a full appeal.”
Establishes that orders of taking lack finality for ordinary appellate review in eminent domain cases
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ON MOTION TO DISMISS
Appellee is petitioner in eminent domain proceedings brought by Dade County acting as the Dade County Port Authority to condemn certain lands for the use as an airport located partly in Dade County and partly in Collier County. The tract which is the subject of this suit is located in Collier County.
On September 13, 1968, the trial judge in Collier County issued an order of taking which appellant property owner seeks to have reviewed by way of interlocutory appeal. This suit is still pending on the condemnation issue, appellee having deposited funds into the court registry.
Appellee has moved to dismiss this interlocutory appeal and contends that since this is an action at law and the order of taking did not relate to venue or jurisdiction over the person and in all other respects is unauthorized by law an interlocutory appeal is not proper. It is correct *457that the order does not relate to venue or jurisdiction over the person as required by former Rule 4.2.
F.A.R. 4.2, 32 F.S.A., the rule controlling interlocutory appeals, was substantially altered by the 1968 amendments to the rules, but new Rule 4.2 only applies to orders entered after September 30, 1968. In re Florida Appellate Rules, Fla.1968, 211 So.2d 198, 201. Accordingly, the former rules must control our disposition of this motion to dismiss.
An order entered by the trial court determining petitioner’s right to condemn in an eminent domain proceeding prior to the actual award of compensation and damages by the jury cannot be appealed because it does not possess sufficient finality to support a full appeal. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. Pan American Airways, Inc., 1937, 126 Fla. 736, 171 So. 808. The issue, therefore, is whether it is properly the subject of an interlocutory appeal.
Under former Rule 4.2 an order of “quick taking,” which does not relate to venue or jurisdiction, was only reviewable by common law certiorari where it did not conform to the essential requirements of law and delay in prosecuting an appeal therefrom would cause material injury for which remedy by appeal from the final judgment would be inadequate. Couse v. Canal Authority, Fla.App.1967, 194 So.2d 301; Camp Phosphate Co. v. Marion County, Fla.App.1967, 194 So.2d 302; Georgia Southern and Florida Ry. Co. v. Duval Connecting R. R. Co., Fla.App.1966, 193 So.2d 19; State Road Dept. v. Bainbridge, Fla.App.1965, 171 So.2d 609. The facts in the present case do not indicate, however, that delay in appealing would materially harm appellants, especially since they have offered to convey those portions of their land over which appellee intends to actually conduct any activity in the immediate future to appellee free of charge.
Since our decision is controlled by former Rule 4.2 we do not pass upon whether the trial judge’s determination of the necessity of taking in an eminent domain proceeding prior to submission of the issue of compensation and damages to the jury is an appealable interlocutory “partial summary judgment on liability” within the meaning of F.A.R. 4.2, subd. a, as amended effective October 1, 1968.
The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed.
HOBSON and MANN, JJ., concur.
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Cement Prods. Corp. OF Sarasota, Inc. v. Division OF Administration, 363 So. 2d 866 (Fla. 2d DCA 1978)…g entered in an eminent domain proceeding pursuant to Chapter 74 is not final, but rather is interlocutory in nature. See, e. g., Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. v. Pan American Airways, Inc., 126 Fla. 736, 171 So. 808 (1937); Trien v. Dade County, 222 So. 2d 456 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969). Furthermore, an order of taking is not an interlocutory order which is directly appealable under Fla.R.App.P. 4.2, 1962 Revision [the rules applicable herein]. Review, therefore, [*867] must be by way of petition for certiorari.…
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The City OF Belle Glade v. Fla. E. Coast Ry. Co., 344 So. 2d 873 (Fla. 4th DCA 1977)…from the final judgment . .”) Moreover, it is not at all clear that the Railway had the right to an interlocutory appeal from the Order of Taking. See Camp Phosphate Company v. Marion County, 194 So. 2d 302 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967); Trien v. Dade County, 222 So. 2d 456 (Fla. 2d DCA 1969). Of course, in order for a matter to be res judicata it must be the subject of a final judgment. See 19 Fla. Jur., Judgments And Decrees, § 132. Finally, the City urges that the savings clause of Section 2 of 72-165, Laws of Flor…
Authorities Cited
- In re Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, 211 So. 2d 174 (Fla. 1968)
- Cent. Hanover Bank & Tr. Co. v. Pan-American Airways, Inc., 126 Fla. 736 (Fla. 1937)
- Couse v. The Canal Auth. of the State of Fla., 194 So. 2d 301 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967)
- State Rd. Dep't of Fla. v. Eustas M. Bainbridge and Dora M. Bainbridge, 171 So. 2d 609 (Fla. 1st DCA 1965)
- Camp Phosphate Co. v. Marion Cnty., 194 So. 2d 302 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967)
- Ga. S. & Fla. Ry. Co. v. Duval Connecting R.R. Co., 193 So. 2d 19 (Fla. 1st DCA 1966)