Legal Opinion
Safwat v. UNITED STATES LEASING CORPORATION
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 11, 1980No. 59604PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Presiding Judge.
The defendant appeals from the grant of plaintiffs motion for summary judgment. Held:
1. The defendant urges that since the plaintiff is a foreign corporation it was incumbent on the plaintiff to establish it had a certificate of authority to transact business in this state. See Code Ann. § 22-1401 (Ga. L. 1968, pp. 565, 707; 1969, pp. 152, 201).
Code Ann. § 22-1401 provides: "No foreign corporation shall have the right to transact business in this State until it shall have procured a certificate of authority so to do from the Secretary of State. Code Ann. § 22-1421…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ogden Equipment Co. v. Talmadge Farms, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1974
- National Heritage Corp. v. Mount Olive Memorial Gardens, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Metric Steel Co. v. Bli Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
- UNITED STATES LEASING CORPORATION v. Jones Pharmacy, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
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