Case Name: HOWARD JOHNSON, INC., OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA, an agency of the State of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1956-10-31
Citations: 90 So. 2d 306
Docket Number: 
Parties: HOWARD JOHNSON, INC., OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA, an agency of the State of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: DREW, C. J., and HOBSON, THOR-NAL and O’CONNELL, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 90
Pages: 306–306

Head Matter:
HOWARD JOHNSON, INC., OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, v. STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA, an agency of the State of Florida, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A.
Oct. 31, 1956.
Hall, Hedrick & Dekle and Dunham & Bennett, St. Augustine, for petitioner.
Bryan W. Henry, Miami, and Frank D. Upchurch, St. Augustine, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is a condemnation proceeding wherein the petitioner herein was defendant in the circuit court. In its answer Howard Johnson, Inc., attempted to create an issue on the necessity for taking. At the threshold we are impelled to observe that this is a type of common law action in which in all probability we would grant "special dispensation" and entertain the petition for certiorari if the answer or those portions of it which were stricken were sufficient to establish such an issue.
We agree, however, with the able circuit judge that the attempt to make such an issue was abortive. Although replete with conclusions that there is no necessity for the taking, the answer fails to allege sufficient facts to create an issue upon that subject. Consequently we must, and do hereby, deny the petition for certiorari.
Certiorari denied.
DREW, C. J., and HOBSON, THOR-NAL and O'CONNELL, JJ., concur.