Case Name: FRUIT GROWERS EXPRESS COMPANY, Appellant, v. Dan P. McCLURE, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1976-11-23
Citations: 339 So. 2d 314
Docket Number: Nos. 76-1451, 76-1533
Parties: FRUIT GROWERS EXPRESS COMPANY, Appellant, v. Dan P. McCLURE, Appellee.
Judges: Before PEARSON and HENDRY, JJ., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 339
Pages: 314–315

Head Matter:
FRUIT GROWERS EXPRESS COMPANY, Appellant, v. Dan P. McCLURE, Appellee.
Nos. 76-1451, 76-1533.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Nov. 23, 1976.
High, Stack, Davis & Lazenby and Alan R. Dakan, William L. Gray, III, Paul M. Stokes, Edward Magill, .Miami, Patrick H. Dickinson, Sarasota, for appellant.
Holland & Knight and Warren M. Goodrich, Bradenton, Pallot, Stern, Proby & Adkins, Miami, for appellee.
Before PEARSON and HENDRY, JJ., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Gaboury v. Flagler Hospital, Inc., 316 So.2d 642 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975), where the rule is stated:
"The granting or refusal of the application for change of venue is within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed upon review absent a demonstration of a palpable abuse or grossly improvident exercise of discretion. See, McMichael v. Harris, 127 Fla. 861, 174 So. 323 (1939); Spalding v. Von Zamft, 180 So.2d 208 (3rd DCA Fla.1965); Florida East Coast Railway Company v. Hardee, 167 So.2d 68 (3rd DCA Fla. 1964)."