The John T. Haynsworth Revocable Land Trust pipeline easement taking
Trial Position : $23,000
Final recovery: $750,000
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Case Notes
- Taking by Florida Gas Transmission Company of 5.2 acres of vacant property from a 492 acre tract on the south side of State Road 60, west of the intersection of State Road 39 in Hillsborough County.
- Taking of easement for construction of high pressure natural gas pipeline.
- Original pipeline easement route bisected the property. Pipeline easement route was relocated to travel the western and southern property boundaries. Among other things, the taking constrained site development.
- The gas company contended that the property was not suitable for residential use because it was reclaimed from former phosphate mining activity.
- The gas company argued that the property had only a nominal value and that the pipeline easement caused no damages to the remaining property.
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