HICKORY FURNITURE MART, INC. v. BURNS

No. 7625SC564.

230 S.E.2d 609 (1976)

31 N.C. App. 626

HICKORY FURNITURE MART, INC. v. Henry BURNS, d/b/a Henry Burns Construction Co.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Warlick and Corne & Pitts, by Larry W. Pitts, Newton, for plaintiff appellee.

Tate & Young, by E. Murray Tate, Jr., Hickory, for defendant appellant.


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 of a value in excess of one...

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