Case Name: JACKSONVILLE NATIONAL BANK, as Trustee Under Trust No. 0003, Lake Palm Joint Venture, as Beneficiary, Appellant/Cross Appellee, v. J-MARK DEVELOPMENT CORP., et al., Appellees/Cross Appellants
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-11-20
Citations: 478 So. 2d 1142
Docket Number: No. 84-199
Parties: JACKSONVILLE NATIONAL BANK, as Trustee Under Trust No. 0003, Lake Palm Joint Venture, as Beneficiary, Appellant/Cross Appellee, v. J-MARK DEVELOPMENT CORP., et al., Appellees/Cross Appellants.
Judges: HERSEY, C.J., and LETTS and HURLEY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 478
Pages: 1142–1142

Head Matter:
JACKSONVILLE NATIONAL BANK, as Trustee Under Trust No. 0003, Lake Palm Joint Venture, as Beneficiary, Appellant/Cross Appellee, v. J-MARK DEVELOPMENT CORP., et al., Appellees/Cross Appellants.
No. 84-199.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Nov. 20, 1985.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 16, 1985.
William A. Fleck of Cohen, Scherer & Cohn, P.A., Lake Worth, for appellant/cross appellee.
Norman L. Schroeder II and Kathryn C. Bass of McGee, Jordan, Shuey, Koons, Schroeder & Morris, P.A., Lake Worth, for appellees/cross appellants.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This cause is affirmed in all respects except for the damages award which we overturn.
The trial judge rejected the shopping center owner's testimony about the monthly tap-in fees, supposedly predicated on tap-ins to other water mains in the neighborhood, and based this rejection on his own gut reaction that the fees testified to were unconscionable and exorbitant. In their place he chose his own version of what would be fair and reasonable tap-in fees, without any evidence in the record to support his choice. This was error.
In consequence, we reverse the amount of the award and remand this cause for a new trial on the damages issue.
In all other respects, this cause is affirmed.
AFFIRMED IN PART AND REVERSED IN PART.
HERSEY, C.J., and LETTS and HURLEY, JJ., concur.