H. O. Meyer Drilling Co. v. Alton v. Phillips Co.

In this cause we granted a petition to review the decision of the Court of Appeals, as reported in 2 Wn. App. 600,468 P.2d 1008 (1970).

Our decision in Murphy v. Campbell Inv. Co., 79 Wn.2d 417, 486 P.2d 1080 (1971), contemporaneously filed, involves and affirmatively resolves the basic question presented in this action, i.e., whether a contractor’s substantial compliance with the registration requirements of RCW 18.27 (the contractors registration act) satisfies the policy of that statute. The essential facts in the instant case, as well as the determination of the Court of Appeals, are in…