Opinion
No. 00-90.
August 30, 1979. Rehearing Denied October 15, 1979.
Appeal from Circuit Court, Escambia County; Henry Clay Mitchell, Jr., Judge.
A.G. Condon, Jr., and Philip A. Bates, of Emmanuel, Sheppard Condon, Pensacola, and E.B. Rood, of Rood Wilhelm, Tampa, for appellants.
W.H.F. Wiltshire, of Harrell, Wiltshire, Stone Swearingen, Pensacola, and J. Klein Wigginton, of McClure, Wigginton, Owen Maynard, Tallahassee, for appellee.
AFFIRMED. Jurisdiction to hear this matter is exclusively vested in Escambia Circuit Court. See Hunt v. Ganaway, 180 So.2d 495 (1st DCA 1965). In addition, venue is proper in Escambia County where the breach of the oral contract occurred.
ERVIN, Acting C.J., and BOOTH and SHIVERS, JJ., concur.