K & K SERVICES, INC. v. City of Irwindale

Opinion

EPSTEIN, Acting P. J.

In this case, we consider whether an unlicensed contractor is barred by Business and Professions Code section 7031 from bringing an action against a landowner for breach of contract, where the contract does not call for payment of money by the landowner to the contractor, but gives the contractor the exclusive right to run a “fill" operation on the land, under which it will collect dumping fees from third parties. We conclude that the action is barred, and affirm the judgment.

Factual and Procedural Summary

In May 1989, K West Engineering and Grading, Inc., a…