Freeman Webb Investments, Inc. v. Hale

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Freeman Webb Investments, Inc. ("Freeman Webb"), from a summary judgment in favor of the defendants, Douglas V. Hale and Hale Properties, Inc., in an action to recover damages based upon breach of contract and breach of the terms of a promissory note.

Freeman Webb is a Tennessee corporation organized to acquire, syndicate, and operate residential and commercial real estate. It is not qualified to do business in Alabama.

The corporation sent personnel to Huntsville to examine the Huntsville real estate market and a Huntsville apartment complex called Chateau…