Attorneys Title Services of Dade County, Inc. v. Wells

BARKETT, Judge.

Appellant, the defendant below, asserts error in the denial of its motion to dismiss for improper venue. We agree and reverse.

Section 47.051, Florida Statutes (1983), provides in part:

Actions against domestic corporations shall be brought only in the county where such corporation has, or usually keeps, an office for transaction of its customary business, where the cause of action accrued, or where the property in litigation is located.

This case arises out of a prior lawsuit filed by appellant corporation to foreclose a mortgage on the appellees’ property. Ap-pellees paid…