Case Name: STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. GRICE ELECTRONICS, INC., et al., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1977-09-02
Citations: 356 So. 2d 7
Docket Number: No. EE-279
Parties: STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. GRICE ELECTRONICS, INC., et al., Appellees.
Judges: McCORD, C. J., and BOYER and MILLS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 356
Pages: 7–7

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant, v. GRICE ELECTRONICS, INC., et al., Appellees.
No. EE-279.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Sept. 2, 1977.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 23, 1977.
Winifred Sheridan Smallwood, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Thomas E. Johnson and Richard H. Merritt, Pensacola, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an interlocutory appeal from an order awarding attorneys fee in a condemnation suit. We have considered the briefs, the record, and the oral arguments by attorneys for the respective parties and find no abuse of discretion by the trial judge.
The primary contention of appellant was that the trial court erred in allowing compensation to appellee's attorneys for work performed before suit was filed but after condemnation was imminent. The trial judge did not err in so doing. See Dade County v. Brigham, 47 So.2d 602 (Fla.1950); Jacksonville Express. Auth. v. Henry G. DuPree Co., 108 So.2d 289 (Fla.1958), and Orange State Oil Co. v. Jacksonville Expressway Auth., 143 So.2d 892 (Fla. 1 DCA 1962).
Affirmed.
McCORD, C. J., and BOYER and MILLS, JJ., concur.