Hickory Furniture Mart, Inc. v. Burns

ARNOLD, Judge.

Summary judgment was entered for plaintiff based on the conclusion that defendant was a general contractor, as defined by G.S. 87-1, and that defendant was not entitled to recover on the construction contract since he held a limited contractor’s license. G.S. 87-10 provides that the holder of a limited contractor’s license is not entitled to engage in the practice of general contracting “with respect to any single project in excess of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars . ... ” (Before July 1974 the limitation was seventy-five thousand dollars.)

Error is assigned to the…