Burton v. Oliver Farm Equipment Sales Co.

This is a suit by appellee, a Maryland Corporation, to foreclose a chattel mortgage. A foreclosure decree was entered and at the sale the appellee (complainant below) purchased the chattels and secured a deficiency decree against appellant in the sum of $500.00. The instant appeal is from that decree.

It is first contended that this suit should be abated because the plaintiff, appellee here, is a Maryland corporation and had not at the time of filing its bill of complaint qual ified to do business in this state by filing its charter and paying the requisite fee as the law directs.

Section 4098,…