Reigel Fiber Corporation v. Anderson Gin Company, Reibel Fiber Corporation v. Ellis Brothers

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal comes from a judgment entered pursuant to an order of the district court, sitting without a jury, granting appellees’ motion for involuntary dismissal of appellant’s case. The questions presented are, first, did the court correctly hold that certain contracts on which appellant brought suit failed to satisfy the Alabama statute of frauds, and second, did the court err in holding that appellant’s failure to qualify to do business in Alabama could not, consistently with the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, bar enforcement of its contracts.…