Pembroke Steel Co. v. Energy Resources Imports & Exports, Inc.

ADAMS, Justice.

This is an appeal by Pembroke Steel Company, d/b/a Nelson Conveyors and Machinery Company, (hereinafter Pembroke) from the Pickens County Circuit Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Energy Resources — Imports and Exports, Inc., (hereinafter ERIE) declaring void and expunging from the probate record two mechanic’s lien statements filed by Pembroke against real property owned by ERIE.

The issue to be decided is whether a foreign corporation is prohibited from filing a mechanic’s lien statement to secure payment under a construction contract partially performed within…