Case Name: Edward C. TIETIG, Individually and as Co-partner, and Villasol Realty Co., a Florida corporation as Co-partner; d/b/a the Park Apartments Ltd., Appellants, v. Henry A. RICCIO, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-06-19
Citations: 451 So. 2d 1016
Docket Number: No. 84-310
Parties: Edward C. TIETIG, Individually and as Co-partner, and Villasol Realty Co., a Florida corporation as Co-partner; d/b/a the Park Apartments Ltd., Appellants, v. Henry A. RICCIO, Appellee.
Judges: Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARK-DULL and FERGUSON, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 451
Pages: 1016–1016

Head Matter:
Edward C. TIETIG, Individually and as Co-partner, and Villasol Realty Co., a Florida corporation as Co-partner; d/b/a the Park Apartments Ltd., Appellants, v. Henry A. RICCIO, Appellee.
No. 84-310.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 19, 1984.
Edward C. Tietig, Miami, for appellants.
Heitner & Rosenfeld and Alan B. Gest, North Miami Beach, for appellee.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARK-DULL and FERGUSON, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Because plaintiffs suit seeks primarily foreclosure of a mechanic's lien on real property, even though damages are sought as an alternative remedy, the action should have been brought in Brevard County where the property is situated. See Georgia Casualty Co. v. O'Donnell, 109 Fla. 290, 147 So. 267 (1933); Sales v. Berzin, 212 So.2d 23 (Fla. 4th DCA 1968) (a suit to foreclose mortgage is local, and must be brought in county where land lies, even though other relief, such as deficiency judgment, may be granted).
Reversed with instructions to transfer venue or dismiss.