Trevek Enterprises, Inc. v. Victory Contracting Corp.

*576 Opinion

PETERS, J.

Pursuant to General Statutes § 33-921 (a),1 a foreign corporation that has conducted business in this state without having a certificate of authority from the secretary of the state must obtain such a certificate in order to maintain a proceeding in a Connecticut state court. Section 33-921 (b) imposes a similar constraint on an assignee of a cause of action arising out *577of such business. The principal issue in this case is whether, as the trial court impliedly held, § 33-921 (b) exempts an assignee from this certification requirement if the assignee is a Connecticut…