The result in either event is to compel the promisor to pay the amount of the bill with interest. Townley v. Sumdel, 2 Pet. 170; Boyce v. Edwards, 4 id. 111; Goodrich v. Gordon, 15 Johns. 6; Scott v. Pilkinton, 15 Abb. Pr. 280; Ontario Bank v. Worthington, 12 Wend. 593; Bissell v. Lewis, 4 Mich. 450; Williams v. Winans, supra. These principles settle the present case against the appellants.
We quash the trial court's order transferring the cause to the county court. Once a cause has been transferred to the circuit court pursuant to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.060(a) and 1.170(j) because the good faith demand of the counterclaim exceeds the jurisdiction of the county court in which the action was pending, jurisdiction remains in the circuit court regardless of whether some or all of the counts of the counterclaim are thereafter dismissed. See National Juice Corporation v. Gilligan, 63 So.2d 914 (Fla. 1953); Gordon v. Goodrich, 347 So.2d 715 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977); Watt v. Bill Branch Chevrolet, Inc., 292 So.2d 56 (Fla. 2d DCA 1974). See also City of Miami v. Jafra SteelCorporation, 184 So.2d 178 (Fla. 1966); A-One Coin Laundry Equipment Co. v. Waterside Towers Condominium Association, Inc., 561 So.2d 590 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990).
PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See: Harrell v. Durrance, 9 Fla. 490 (1861); W.T. Hadlow Company v. Sargent, 61 Fla. 263, 54 So. 1003 (1911); Orange Julius Realty Corporation v. Sunshine Toy Center, Inc., 251 So.2d 681 (Fla. 3d DCA 1971); Fears v. Lunsford, 314 So.2d 578 (Fla. 1975); Gordon v. Goodrich, 347 So.2d 715 (Fla. 3d DCA 1977); Fla.R.Civ.P. 1.420.