Woods v. Interstate Realty Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Mr. Justice Douglas,,

announced by

Mr. Justice Reed.

This case was brought in the District Court for Mississippi on the grounds of diversity of citizenship. Respondent, a Tennessee corporation, sued petitioner, a *536resident of Mississippi, for a. broker’s commission alleged to be due for the sale of real estate of petitioner in Mississippi. The District Court found on motion for summary judgment that the contract was void under Mississippi law, since respondent was doing business in Mississippi without qualifying .under a Mississippi statute.1 It therefore dismissed the…