Ford v. Robertson

BROOKS McLEMORE, Special Judge.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether rights of an owner resulting from breach of contract of a fully executed contract with an architect may be assigned by the owner absent the consent of the architect where the owner-architect contract provides that “neither the owner nor the architect shall assign, sublet or transfer any interest in this agreement without the written consent of the other.” 1

The owner, Joe F. Robertson, entered into a standard American Institute of Architects Contract with the Architects, Yeates-Gaskill-Rhodes, Architects, Inc., for…