Legal Opinion
Gray-Knox Marble Co. v. Times Bldg. Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 6, 1932No. 8 Div. 403PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
The bill was filed to enforce a mechanic’s lien upon the Times Building in the city of Huntsville.
Among other defenses set up by respondent was that the demand arose from engaging in business in Alabama, and the complainant, a foreign corporation, had not qualified to do business as required by the Constitution and laws of this state.
The trial court, in a carefully prepared opinion, Sustained this defense.
The Times Building Company let to Earl Cline the contract for the erection of an eleven-story building (later raised to twelve stories) according to plans and specifications prepared by the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Browning v. City of WaycrossSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- York Manufacturing Co. v. ColleySupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- General Railway Signal Co. v. Virginia Ex Rel. State Corporation Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Industrial Assn. of San Francisco v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Dozier v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Calvert Iron Works, Inc. v. Algernon Blair, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1969
- State v. Southern Natural Gas CorporationSupreme Court of Alabama · 1936
- SANWA BUSINESS CR. CORP. v. GB" Boots" Smith Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1989
- Computaflor Company v. N. L. Blaum Construction Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1972
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