Allstate Leasing Corp. v. Scroggins

Allstate Leasing Corporation (Allstate) commenced this action against Larry and Amanda Scroggins for breach of a lease on an ice cream machine. The Scrogginses later filed a third-party complaint against Sunbelt Equipment Corporation (Sunbelt), the supplier of the leased equipment. The trial court ultimately granted summary judgment against Allstate on the ground that Allstate is a foreign corporation which has not qualified to do business in Alabama and, therefore, may not enforce its contract in our courts. Allstate now appeals from the summary judgment against it.

The Scrogginses own a…