Sea Scaping Const. Co., Inc. v. McAtee

Appeal from the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant. We affirm.

The basic question concerns the right of a foreign corporation to recover damages in an Alabama court upon a cause of action based on contract when the foreign corporation had not qualified to do business in Alabama at the time the contract was made.

Plaintiff is a Florida corporation with its principal place of business in Destin. Between November 1, 1979 and May 1980, pursuant to an oral agreement with the defendant, the plaintiff built a home for the defendant in Baldwin County. The alleged contract price was…