Legal Opinion
A. B. R. Metals & Services, Inc. v. Roach-Russell, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 18, 1975No. 50729PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
1. Code Ann. § 22-1401 requires that no foreign corporation shall transact business in this state prior to procuring a certificate of authority from the. Secretary of State. Under Code Ann. § 22-1421(b) no such corporation shall, prior to obtaining such certificate, commence or maintain any suit or proceeding in any court of this state. The section was amended by Ga. L. 1969, pp. 152,196, by deleting language which would have allowed such a corporation to remedy the defect by obtaining a certificate of authority pending the action. The clear intention is to bar foreign…
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