STRAUGHN v. G.J.M., INC.

No. EE-173.

344 So.2d 318 (1977)

J. Ed STRAUGHN and State of Florida, Department of Revenue, Appellants, v. G.J.M., INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 13, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Caroline C. Mueller, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Bill R. Hutto, of Syfrett, Hutto & Paulk, Panama City, for appellee.


McCORD, Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from an order of the trial court which denied appellant's motion to dismiss for improper venue or, in the alternative, to transfer venue. Appellee initiated the suit below by filing a complaint contesting a documentary stamp tax assessment imposed by appellants upon an assignment of lease. Subject to certain exceptions, a state agency may be sued only in the county in which its official headquarters is located, which...

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