Tillman v. Talbert

The defendants assign as error the denial by the court of their motion for judgment of nonsuit. The defendants contend that the plaintiff, who is not a licensed architect, in furnishing plans for the construction of a house for defendant, was acting as an architect, and that he cannot recover on a quantum meruit, because the work he did was under a contract illegal because it violated Ch. 83 of the General Statutes, and that this is true whether the building was to cost less than $20,000.00 or more.

G.S. 83-12 reads in part: “In order to safeguard life, health and property, it shall be…