Farsouth Jet Services, Inc. v. Machata

We reverse the trial court’s order and remand with direction to transfer the cause to Dade County. See County of Volusia v. Atlantic International Inv. Corp., 394 So.2d 477 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981).

The facts in this case fall within the principles of Mendez v. George Hunt, Inc., 191 So.2d 480 (Fla. 4th DCA 1966), not within those set out in Croker v. Powell, 115 Fla. 733, 156 So. 146, 151 (1934).

In October of 1983, appellant Lewis Peters and appellee Andrew Machata formed appellant corporation, Farsouth Jet Services, Inc. (Farsouth), as a plane leasing operation. Machata and Peters each made a…