Sanjay, Inc. v. Duncan Const. Co., Inc.

Alabama harshly deals with foreign corporations which fail to qualify to do business before entering into contracts here. Alabama is one of four states1 which permit a party to elect to hold void a contract with a non-qualified foreign corporation. This is the case even where the contract has been fully performed by the non-qualified foreign corporation.2 CalvertIron Works, Inc. v. Algernon Blair, Inc., 284 Ala. 655,227 So.2d 424 (1969). This statute creates both public policy and private rights. Where facts of a case do not conflict or interfere with, or defeat the public policy of our…