Case Name: GRAFCO REALTY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. E. Llwyd ECCLESTONE, Jr. et al., Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1980-07-09
Citations: 385 So. 2d 183
Docket Number: No. 79-1032
Parties: GRAFCO REALTY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. E. Llwyd ECCLESTONE, Jr. et al., Appellee.
Judges: DOWNEY, BERANEK and HURLEY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 385
Pages: 183–183

Head Matter:
GRAFCO REALTY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. E. Llwyd ECCLESTONE, Jr. et al., Appellee.
No. 79-1032.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 9, 1980.
Daniel Neal Heller, of Heller & Kaplan, Miami, for appellant.
S. Lee Crouch, Hallandale, for appellee Campanelli, Inc.
J. Michael Burman of Montgomery, Ly-tal, Reiter, Denney & Searcy, P. A., West Palm Beach, for appellees Ecclestone and Florida Management Co.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant/plaintiff, Grafco Realty, Inc., takes this interlocutory appeal to challenge an order which granted a motion for change of venue and transferred the cause from Broward to Palm Beach County pursuant to Section 47.122, Florida Statutes (1979). We affirm.
Section 47.122, the change of venue statute, by its very language, reposes broad discretion in the trial court. Peterson, Howell & Heather v. O'Neill, 314 So.2d 808 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975). Furthermore, we have consistently held that the exercise of the trial court's discretion will not be disturbed except upon a clear showing of abuse. Hertz Corporation v. Rentz, 326 So.2d 216 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976); Gaboury v. Flagler Hospital, Inc., 316 So.2d 642 (Fla. 4th DCA 1975).
We have carefully reviewed the record in this cause which consists of the complaint, two motions for change of venue and an affidavit in support thereof, and conclude that appellant has failed to demonstrate an abuse of discretion. Accordingly, the appealed order is AFFIRMED.
DOWNEY, BERANEK and HURLEY, JJ., concur.