Dick Weatherston's Associated Mechanical Services, Inc. v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance

Murphy, Justice.

This case comes to us on appeal from an order denying the defendant’s motion in the alternative for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial. The plaintiff recovered a verdict in the sum of $5,691 in an action brought for breach of contract. The principal issue involved in this case requires a construction of M. S. A. 326.02 as it applies to the particular facts before us. We are asked to determine if a contract which includes professional engineering services is in violation of that statute and illegal so as to preclude recovery thereon under circumstances…