Renfroe v. Taggares

— Defendants appeal from a judgment awarding damages to the plaintiff in a breach of contract action.

Defendants' first assignment of error relates to the failure of proof on the part of plaintiff of compliance with RCW 19.80.010,1 which is the filing of a certificate of assumed name with the county clerk of the county in which the business is conducted. Failure to file is controlled by RCW 19.80.040, which states, in part, "No person . . . transacting business . . . shall hereafter be entitled to maintain any suit in any of the courts of this state without alleging and proving that such…