Contract by foreign corporation
57Upon trial of a cause before any court in this Province, wherein it is necessary to prove a contract or engagement entered into by a foreign corporation doing business in this Province, or which contract or engagement has been entered into in this Province, it is only necessary for the party seeking to prove the contract or engagement, or to put the same in evidence before the court, to prove that such contract or engagement has been duly signed or issued by the accredited agent or officer of such foreign corporation in this Province; and upon such proof having been given, the court before which the trial is had shall admit the same in evidence, and the same shall be considered as duly proved without any other evidence of the execution thereof by such foreign corporation, body politic or corporate, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.