Stewart MacH. and Eng'g Co. v. Checkers Drive in Restaurants

The plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment in favor of defendants Checkers Drive In Restaurants of North America, Inc., and Maidee G. Youngblood (hereinafter together referred to as "Checkers"). The only issue raised on appeal is whether the plaintiff, Stewart Machine and Engineering Company, Inc. (hereinafter "Stewart"), a foreign corporation, can bring suit and recover damages for an alleged breach of contract when, as a foreign corporation, it had failed to qualify to do business in Alabama. The trial court held that because Stewart was an unqualified foreign corporation, it could not…