ADC Construction Co. v. Hall

Benham, Judge.

A construction contract dispute arose between appellant contractor, ADC Construction Company (ADC), and appellee Hall, a subcontractor doing business as H & H Construction Company. Hall sued ADC for payment of the money he contended was owed to him for the work he performed on an apartment complex drywall system. One of ADC’s defenses to the lawsuit was that Hall had violated the Nonresident Contractor Act, OCGA § 48-13-30 et seq. ADC’s position was that Hall was a resident of Tennessee, not Georgia, and that since he had failed to register with the commissioner or otherwise…