Sar Manufacturing Co. v. Dumas Bros. Mfg.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

This is a diversity action in which plaintiff, a Texas corporation, sued the defendants who were co-makers of a promissory note executed to the plaintiff in payment for a product called polyurethane foam which was manufactured by the plaintiff in another state. After a trial on the merits the District Court held for the defendant reasoning that applicable Alabama statutes 1 prohibited the plaintiff from enforcing this contract in Alabama courts because the corporation was not qualified to do business in the state. We affirm.

Two issues are presented by this appeal:…