Jernigan v. Teledyne Exploration

FAULKNER, Justice.

The plaintiffs, Jernigan and Carter, were joint owners of a parcel of real estate located about eight miles south of the Alabama border in Florida. Teledyne Exploration was a foreign corporation qualified to do business in Alabama. A representative of Teledyne at Teledyne’s office in Foley, Alabama, called Jernigan at his home in Brew-ton, Alabama, to request that Teledyne be allowed to enter the property in Florida in *881order to conduct tests there in connection with oil and gas exploration. During a subsequent telephone conversation an agreement was reached whereby Teledyne…