District School Board of Pasco County ex rel. Wiremold Co. v. Gulf Contracting, Inc.

SCHEB, Judge.

This interlocutory appeal concerns venue; specifically, whether a Connecticut corporation which furnishes materials for a school project in Pasco County can bring action in that county under a public improvement bond against a contractor incorporated in Florida and its surety, neither of which maintains offices within Pasco County. The trial court held such venue to be improper and transferred the cause of action to Sarasota County where the contractor maintains its offices for transaction of its customary business. We agree and affirm.

At the request of a subcontractor located in…