Lytle v. Godfirnon

The trial court granted the defendant’s motion for nonsuit, basing its decision on the fact that plaintiff, though not an architect, held himself out as such and therefore under thé rule of Hickey v. Sutton, 191 Wis. 313, 210 N. W. 704, could not recover for the services rendered. We are of the opinion that the trial court erred under sec. 101.31, Stats., as it now stands in the view it took of the facts as shown in plaintiff’s evidence and that as a result the nonsuit was erroneously granted. The evidence introduced does not show without dispute that plaintiff held himself out to be an…