Edgcomb Steel of New England, Inc. v. Salvo & Armstrong Steel Co.

The plaintiff in this action seeks to recover for goods which it sold and delivered to the defendant. The defendant answered with a general denial, and additionally' questioned the plaintiff’s corporate existence and its qualification to do business in Massachusetts. Mass. R. Civ. P. 9 (a), 365 Mass. 751 (1974). A judge of the Superior Court, sitting without a jury, found that the plaintiff was “a validly organized New Hampshire corporation doing business in Massachusetts in accordance with law, [that it had] provided materials to the Defendant by agreement and that the Defendant owes the…