Legal Opinion
Birdsall Shipping, S.A. v. Gallardo
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided November 18, 1980No. 80-640PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NESBITT, Judge.
Birdsall Shipping, S.A. (Birdsall) challenges the denial of its motion for a change of venue to Palm Beach County. We affirm on the basis that, as movant, it failed to carry its burden before the trial court.
Birdsall was joined as a co-defendant with Tropical Shipping and Construction Company Ltd. (Tropical). The affidavit of *438Birdsall’s vice president supported its contention that, as a foreign corporation, it had a right to be sued in Palm Beach County because that was the place where it maintained its business office. § 47.051, Fla. Stat. (1979).1 On the assumption that its…
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