In Health Horizons v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 239 Ga. App. 440 (521 SE2d 383) (1999), the Court held that a foreign corporation's late registration to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state did not bar suit by the foreign corporation. But in that case, the defendant filed a motion to dismiss because the foreign corporation did not have a certificate of authority at the time the complaint was filed. It had, however, obtained one by the time the motion to dismiss was filed. The Court held that this was sufficient. Id. at 443.