Louisiana Well Service, Inc. v. Metfuel, Inc.

KENNEDY, Justice.

The plaintiff, Louisiana Well Service, Inc. (“LWS”), appeals from a summary judgment in favor of the defendant, MetFuel, Inc. LWS had sued MetFuel on a purported debt for methane gas well drilling work LWS had done for MetFuel in Alabama.

At issue is whether LWS is an unlicensed general contractor and therefore forbidden, as a matter of law, from maintaining a lawsuit in an Alabama court on its contract. “[CJontracts of unlicensed general contractors have been held null and void as a violation of ... public policy.” Brown v. Mountain Lakes Resort, Inc., 521 So.2d 24, 25…