Court Opinion

ID: 7508903
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 04:36:27.484793+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:23:23.106139
License: Public Domain

GRIMES, Acting Chief Judge,
concurring specially.
The key to the appellants’ ability to stay in court at this juncture is their allegation that the county or its predecessor in interest built a portion of the utility buildings outside the easement without authorization. If, however, the facts ultimately show that the buildings were placed outside the easement with the permission of the then-owner of the land (presumably a developer) and that the utilities were later turned over to the county, I doubt if the county’s present use of the buildings would constitute a “taking” of appellants’ land so as to require inverse condemnation. See Florida Power & Light Co. v. Rader, 306 So.2d 565 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975).