Republic Steel Corp. v. Atlas Housewrecking & Lumber Corp.

This is a suit on an account. At the close of all of the evidence an instructed verdict was returned in favor of the plaintiff. Defendant has appealed.

There was no dispute at the trial as to the correct balance due upon the account, the defense being merely that plaintiff was not entitled to maintain this action for the reason that the business it did, out of which the account grew, was transacted in the State of Missouri when the plaintiff, a foreign corporation, was not qualified to do business in this State because it had not complied with sections 4596 to 4599, inclusive, Revised Statutes…